Air Raid Precautions (ARP) refers to a number of organisations and guidelines in the United Kingdom dedicated to the protection of civilians from the danger of air raids. Government consideration for air raid precautions increased in the 1920s and 30s, with the Raid Wardens' Service set up in 1937 to report on bombing incidents. [1] .

Air Raid Precautions (ARP) was an organisation in the United Kingdom set up as an aid in the prelude to the Second World War dedicated to the protection of civilians from the danger of air-raids. It was created in 1924 as a response to the fears about the growing threat from the development of bomber aircraft.

One way was to join the Air Raid Precautions (ARP) as a warden. An ARP Warden’s main task was to try and protect people during air raids, when enemy planes dropped bombs, especially on and guide people to shelters. raid wardens might have …

2011年10月13日 · Air Raid Precautions (ARP) was an organisation in the United Kingdom set up as an aid in the prelude to the Second World War dedicated to the protection of civilians from the danger of air-raids. It was created in 1924 as a response to the fears about the growing threat from the development of bomber aircraft.

ARP wardens were volunteers in part of a wider organisation known as Air Raid Precautions (ARP). Its remit was to protect and support civilians in and in connection with WW2 air raids.

Before the Second World War, British people feared that any future war would involve heavy aerial bombing of civilian areas. In December 1937, the British government passed the Air Raid Precautions (or ‘ARP’) Act, requiring local authorities to ready themselves in case of air attack. One of the most visible forms of ‘ARP’ was the air raid warden.

2011年3月2日 · The Air Raid Precautions (ARP) was the British civil defense organisation. It was established long before World War II and the Battle of Britain. Britain was bombed by the Germans in World war I, by both bombers and Zephins. The attacks had been of no strategic importance, but the civilans were terrified.

2020年8月1日 · Exploring how a space becomes a place I reviewed a project I had undertaken eight years ago when I made an HLF Oral History film about WW11. The area around Sudbourne, Suffolk UK was commandeered during the war as a Battle Training Area.

In 1937, 300,000 civilians signed up to be trained as Air Raid Patrol (ARP) wardens. By the end of the war, 1.4 million men and women served in this job. There was supposed to be a warden for every street. It was important for the wardens to be local so that they knew the neighbourhood and the people who lived there.

In September 1935, four years before WW2 began, British prime minister, Stanley Baldwin, published a circular entitled Air Raid Precautions (ARP) inviting local authorities to make plans to protect their people in event of a war. Such plans included building public air raid shelters.