Rescue Squads | U.S. Citizens Defense Corps

Saving persons caught in burning buildings is no new task, but air attacks create special problems. To rescue persons trapped in debris, to render emergency first aid, to extinguish incipient fires and to shut off gas, electric, water, and other broken lines, special Rescue Parties should be organized. Each should consist of about ten men.
— Local Organization for Civilian Protection, 1941

Identifying device

Ladder. Letters Patent: D-129800.

Logo featuring a red ladder inside a blue circle with a white triangle in the background.

Duties

  • rescue casualties trapped in buildings

  • shut off damaged utilities

Open to

Positions were available for men only.

Rescue Squad Photos

Period photographs of Civilian Defense rescue squads