DOCUMENT RESUME ED 054 436 AC 010 753 AUTHOR Ruskjer, Nina L. TITLE The Civil Defense Director/Coordinator: An Orientation to the Position. A Program of Instruc ion for Local Civil Defense Clordinators. INSTITUTION Office of Civil Defense (DOD) ,Battle Creek, Mich. Staff College. PUB DATE May 71 NOTE 364p. EDRS PRICE MF-$0.65 HC-$13.16 DESCRIPTORS *Administrative Personnel; Advisory Committees; *Civil Defense; *Emergency Programs; Government Role; Information Seeking; Interagency Coordination; Job Analysis; Laws; Occupational Information; *Programed Texts; Public Officials; Public Policy ABSTRACT This Staff College home study course of programmed instruction consists of five units and final examination. It requires 12-20 hours for completion. The outline emphasizes the maim points being taught, and the introduction page contains important teaching points. In a unit, each page contains a bit of instruction known as a frame. There are responses at the close of each frame, from which the learner must select the best.A separate point is taught in almost every frame. This point will be learned by a study of the total situation contained in the frame, including the responses. This course attempts to show concepts, indicate positive attitudes and approaches, and provide certain basic information. Unit1 discusses the legal authority for the civil defense coordinator's job. Unit 2 discusses the relationship of the local civil defense coordinator to local, state, and federal governments. Unit 3 discusses the categories of work in which the civil defense coordinator will be involved. Unit 4 discusses the knowledge needed for the job, and Unit 5 gives sources of support for the coordinator. (Author/CK) THE CIVILDEFENSE DIRECTOR/COORDINATOR rit An Orientationto thePosition C=0 t.161 A Programof Instruction for Local CivilDefenseCoordinators by NTNA L. RUSKJER Education Specialist STAFF COLLEGEOFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE6 RATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN PREFACE This home study course of programed ir.struction is intendedfor persons mho have recently taken positions as local Civil Defense Directors Coordinators. It is an orientation to the position. In some jurisdictions the position goes by the title of "Director, while in others it goes by that of "Coordinator."This is the reason for the doUble title in the name of thecourse. However, in the in- structional material, the title is always referred toas "Coordinator." The Office of Civil Defense Staff College expresses deepestappre- ciation to all of the many Civil Defense Co(' dinators who have enthu- siastically and freely given of their time, _mowledge, and experience to support the project. There is not a situation in the text which was not supplied by one of them. Special appreciation is expressed for the days, literally, spent by Colonel William J. Allen, Jr., Director of City-County Civil Defense, Denver, Colorado, and Nrs. Marie Webb, Instructor, Minnesota Civil Defense University Extension Program and folluer Civil Defense Director, Salina, Kansas, inorienting the author to the crvil defense situation in local jurisdictions. Thanks also go to the many State and Regional civil defense personnel who assisted so generously with advice and counsel which_ made thefinal product possible. Special thanks go to Mr. James H. Beck, Behavior Engineer, Com- munity Systems Foundation, Ann Arbor, Michigan, mho servedas techni- cal consultant for programing, and to Dr. JamesM. Ridgway, Deputy Assistant Director (Training and Education), Officeof Civil Defense, for his foresight in requesting that thecourse be produced; his insistence that it be written in a practical, situationalapproach; his untiring review on his own time of every draft; andhis appre- ciative encouragement during the developmentalprocess. iii INTRODUCTIO N: HOW TO STUDY THIS COURSE This Staff College home study course of programed instructioncon- sists of five units and final examination. You will need an estimated twelve to twenty hours to complete it. Here is the way to proceed. First, from your City or County Clerk, get copies of your State civil defense law and local civil defense ordi- nance for use in Unit 1. Then begin study of Unit 1. If you have no local ordinance, do the best you can with Unit 1 anyway. Be sure to read carefUlly the "Outline" and "Introduction"which come before each Unit. The outline emphasizes the main points being taught and the introduction page itself contains important teadhing points which are sometimes related to test questions. In a Unit, each page contains a bit of instruction knownas a "frame." There are responses at the close of each frame from which you must pick the one whiCh you consider to be the best. Thus, you complete the frame; so do one frame at a time, and don't lookahead to adVanced frames until you have completed the frameyou are on. This type of programed instruction is designedso that the best answer in each frame is easily selected.Don't let that fact lead you into hasty studying, because the answers for the tests and the final examination are designed to be more difficult. If you do not learn well the main points taught in the frames of the text,you will not be able to make the judgments required to pick the bestresponses in test questions. Read each frame carefully. Try to place yourself in the situation described and look for the principle involved.A separate point is taught in almost every frame. That point cannot be learned just from the response. Rather, it will be learned bya study of the total situation contained in the frame including theresponses. Mark the responses you select in thespace provided. At the end of each unit is a list of preferred responses for theframes. Unless the text indicates otherwise, these "preferred"responses are con- sidered to be the "best" responses, rather than the only "correct" ones. The course cannot teach absolute right andwrong, because the actual situation varies so from one community toanother. For this reason, what the course tries to do, instead, is to show concepts, indicate positive attitudes and approadheS, and give certainbasic information to help you.However, the tests and examination do have right and wrong answers, for grading purposes. Therefore, you should answer test questions_on_the basis of information given in the text, not on the basis of your unique local situation. Suggested places for taking short rest breaks are indicated at the beginning of Units 3, 4, and 5, as well as at the frames themselves. The appendices contain items which are useftl as on-the-job aids. Your student nunber is on the cover of this textbook. Please in- clude your name and your student nuMber on all correspondence regarding the course. If you have any questions during your study, feel free to write to us. The address to use is: Box 2000, (Instructor, The CDD/C) CDUSA Battle Creek, MiChigan49016. When you have completei a unit, take the test at the end of the unit, following the directions included there.After you mail in your answer card for Unit 5, you will receive a final examination. A Certificate of Satisfactory Completion will be given to you when we haire received your answer cards for all five units k;.nd the final exami- nation, successfully completed. You should finish the course within three months after yau enroll. Good Luck! CONTENTS Page PREFACE INTRODUCTION UNIT 1 LAWS: What Are the Legal 1 Authorities for My Civil Defense Coordinator's Job? UNIT 2 RELATIONSHIPS: How Do I Relate 39 to Local, State, and Federal Governments? UNIT THE JOB: What Are the Major 73 Categories of Work in Which I Will Be Invol'red? UL-T 4 KNOWLEDGE: What Do I Need to 159 Know to Get Started in My Job? UNIT 5 SUPPORT: Where Do I Go for 281 Help? APPENDIX 1 Draft: Sample Local Civil Defense 349 Ordinance APPENDIX 2 Sample Job Description: Local 357 Civil Defense Coordinator APPENDIX 3 Suggestions for Local Emergency 363 Council APPENDIX L. Program Enrollment Application 369 for the Office of Civil Defense Career Development Program for Local Civil Defense Directors/ Coordinators INDEX 371 vii 6 JIT 1 STAFF COLLEGEOFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE LAWS: What Are the Legal Authorities for My Civil Defense Coordinator's Job? UNIT I. LAWS: WHAT ARE THE TRGAL AUTHORITIES FOR MY CIVIL DLEENSE COORDINATOR'S JOB? A. Local civil defense ordinances. 1. Provisions of local civil defense ordinances. (Frames 1-8) 2. Worksheet on local c!,vil defense ordinance. (Frames 9, 10) Inter-jurisdictional agreements: mutual aid pacc,s. (Frames 11-15) B. State civil defense law. 1. Provisions of State civil defen e law. (Frames 16-20, 23) 2. Worksheet on State civil defense law. (Frames 21, 22) C. Federal civil defense law. 1. Relationship between State civil defense law and Federal civil defense law. (Frame 24) 2. Public Law 920, The Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950. (Frames 25, 26) a. Legal basis for national civil defense. b. Responsibility vested jointly in Federal, State, and local governments. UNIT I. LAWS: WHAT ARE THE LEGAL AUTHORITIES FOR NY CIVIL DEFENSE COORDINATOR'S JOB? The Civil Defense Coordinator's task is based on provisions in public law. Federal law provides for a civil defense program within the United States, and the Federal Government has encouraged the States to enact legislation establishing a civil defense function within their States. All States now have such legislation. As a result., many local governments have also passed ordinances which provide for civil defense activities. Unit I of this program will: 1. teach you that laws and ordirances do directly affect your position as Civil Defense Coordinator; and point out some components of those laws and ordinances which are critical to the performance of your duties. 4 I.A. LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE ORDINANCE. FRAME I Your wife is puzzled when you tell her you have accepted another job, that of Civil Defense Coordinator for your local jurisdiction.