AID TO CIVIL POWER

 

THE ASSISTANCE OF ARMED FORCES OFTEN SOUGHT BY THE CIVIL GOVERNMENT IS TERMED AS ‘ AID TO CIVIL POWER ‘ . TROOPS ARE GENERALLY REQUIRED FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF LAW & ORDER , NATURAL CALAMITIES AND  IN ASSISTANCE IN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.

BESIDES LAW & ORDER THE ARMY ALSO HELPS IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS :

 

1)       MAINTENANCE OF ESSENTIAL SERVICES. THEY ARE :

 

q       ELECTRIC SUPPLY

q       WATER SUPPLY

q       SEWAGE

q       BULK PETROLUEM INSTALLATIONS OF CERTAIN PARTS.

 

2)       ASSISTANCE DURING NATURAL & OTHER CALAMITIES :

 

q       PROVISION OF TRANSPORT

q       HELPING THE EVACUATION

q       FIRE FIGHTING

q       FLOOD RELIEF

 

CIVIL DEFENCE

 

CIVIL DEFENCE IS THE MEASURES ADOPTED BY CIVILIANS DURING WAR TO MINIMISE THE EFFECTS BORNE BY ENEMY ON MEN OR  ON MATERIAL .

 

CIVIL DEFENCE HAS 12 MAJOR CENTRES . THEY ARE :

 

1)       HEADQUARTER SERVICE – THIS SERVICE PLAYS AS THE BASE FROM WHERE ALL THE OPERATIONS ARE CARRIED OUT.

 

2)       WARDEN SERVICE – FOR EVERY 1000 PEOPLE THERE IS ONE WARDEN . THIS WARDEN WILL HAVE THE ENTIRE BIODATA OF ALL THE 1000 PEOPLE. THE WARDEN IS CONSIDERED AS THE BACJBONE OF CIVIL DEFENCE.

 

3)       FIRE FIGHTING SERVICE – WHEN A PLACE COMES UNDER ATTACK , IT IS UPTO THIS SERVICE TO PUT OUT ALL THE FIRES & CLEAR THE COLLAPSED BUILDINGS.

 

4)       CASUALTY SERVICE – WHEN A PLACE COMES UNDER ATTACK , A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE INJURED BY THE BULLETS & BOMBS . IT IS UPTO THE CASUALTY SERVICE TO TREAT THESE PEOPLE .

 

5)       COMMUNICATION SERVICE – THIS SERVICE TAKES CARE OF ALL COMMUNICATION DURING A CRISIS .

 

6)       TRINING SERVICE – THIS SERVICE TRAINS THE CIVILIANS FOR CIVIL DEFENCE .

 

7)       RESCUE SERVICE – WHEN A PLACE COMES UNDER ATTACK , A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WOUNDED & TRAPPED UNDER COLLAPSED BUILDINGS. IT IS UPTO THE RESCUE SERVICE TO SAVE  THESE  CASUALTIES &  TAKE THEM TO A HOSPITAL .

 

8)       WELFARE SERVICE

 

9)       DEPOTANT TRANSPORTATION SERVICE

 

10)   SALVAGE SERVICE

 

11)   CORPS DISPOSAL SERVICE

 

12)   SUPPLY SERVICE

 

SURVIVAL DURING BOMB ATTACK

 

POSITION

SURVIVAL

DEATH

STANDING UP

5%

95%

LYING DOWN

25%

75%

IN  TRENCHES

60%

40%

BOMB SAFE SHELTERS

95%

5%

 

 

FIRST AID

 

FIRST AID IS THE IMMEDIATE TREATMENT GIVEN TO  THE VICTIMS OF AN ACCIDENT OR A SUDDEN ILLNESS BEFORE MEDICAL HELP IS OBTAINED.

THE AIMS OF FIRST AID ARE :

 

v     TO PRESERVE LIFE

v     TO PREVENT WORSENING OF THE VICTIM

v     TO PROMOTE RECOVERY

v     TO ARRANGE FOR TRANSPORTATION & TAKE THE VICTIM TO A HOSPITAL IF NECESSARY .

 

 

HYGIENE & SANITATION

 

PERSONAL HYGIENE MEANS ALL ASPECTS OF THE HEALTH OF AN INDIVIDUAL . RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF PERSONAL HEALTH THEREFORE LIES WITH THE INDIVIDUAL . THE BASIC FACTORS WHICH MAKE A PERSON HEALTHY  ARE ENUMERATED IN THE SUBSEQUENT LINES :

·        BATHING

·        EATING & DRINKING

·        EXERCISES