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- Textual records
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[ca. 1953-1979] (Creation)
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- Victoria (B.C.). Victoria Emergency Program
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0.43 m of textual records and other material
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Series consists of administrative records as well as reference and promotional material pertaining to civil defence and emergency protective services in Victoria.
Documents from 1943 to 1962 consist mainly of reference and promotional material such as pamphlets, periodicals, reports and books about civil defence planning, first aid, communications, fallout shelters, emergency feeding, nuclear warfare and related topics, as well as some 40 posters pertaining to civil defence awareness. The administrative records range mainly from 1964 to 1979. Also included are Civil Defence headquarters blueprints, general signage, first-aid station log, and exercise alert signage.
In 1974 the name of the agency changed from the Victoria Civil Defence Control Board to the Victoria Emergency Program.