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They have been described by civil defence officials as the worst in 27 years.

Each local civil defence service were divided into several sections.

Military and civil defence resources should only be used in disasters as a last resort.

There is an urgent need to set up a European civil defence corps.

In some cases we are cutting back the civil defence which saves us from fires.

The country has made few preparations for civil defence.

In 1958 the house caught fire during a civil defence exercise and was demolished some years later.

There can be little doubt that the main, if not only purpose of these civil defences was for protection.

The civil defence figures were corrected the following night by the ship owners.

The Civil Defence was also called in to help pump water.

According to the local Civil Defence over 15,000 people are homeless.

Civil Defence ordered the building's demolition, which was carried out in the second half of 2011.

For example, the fire services and other civil defence organizations have a general duty to keep the community safe from harm.

The Civil Defence teams had been called out and responded well.

These difficulties were greatly exacerbated by poor civil defence planning.

The Portuguese authorities and the civil defence forces have made huge efforts to remedy the situation.

From 1951 to 1959, he served as a civil defence officer for northeast Essex.

Civil Defence was like a civilian army of volunteers.

Those who are not previously trained in civil defence will start with the corporal rank.

He could feel the Civil Defence officer weakening by the second.

In Romania, civil defence sirens have been used since the early 1930s.

The role in 1957 was changed to civil defence in light of the substantial nuclear threat.

Two more devices set to explode 1 hour later were found on door of Civil Defence office.

Until recently it was used as the Civil Defence School.

Others were ferried to and from work in the morning by the Civil Defence.

Civil defense officials said six people were killed in the attack.

It may also have civil defense or emergency management information.

It was the first atomic civil defense film made especially for children.

The military and civil defense provisions will remain until 2015.

I may not be in the military, but I'm a part of the civil defense."

In 1953 he was named assistant director of the city's civil defense organization.

It will be used as national base of Civil defense aviation.

The number of civil defense troops is expected to triple, to 15,000, over the next few months.

The building houses not only civil defense offices, but also a police club.

So far, all anyone had been able to do was beef up civil defense and keep their heads down.

By 1990 there were more than 3.5 million civil defense personnel in reserve.

New York has a long history of civil defense.

Creating more civil defense forces would also serve that purpose.

After the Civil Defense class he did not go home.

In addition, he was the deputy chairman of civil defense council.

By 1966, the city's civil defense director found that most of the shelters had no supplies.

Thompson pushed for civil defense and created "one of the best programs in the state."

Served in the civil defense of a nation under attack by the Axis forces.

"They should come and set themselves up around places that we need to survive, to aid civil defense," he said.

I've never seen anything more horrible in 22 years of civil defense."

It also directs the civil defense at the provincial level.

Such persons may be called up to civil defense training for a maximum of ten days per year.

The civil defense unit that resulted became a model for west Georgia.

"We are also welcoming former army members into the civil defense corps," he said.

Despite these considerations, there are still examples of what would today be considered civil defense.