ENVOY STARTS OGDEN SESSION ON DISASTERS San Franciscoan Favors Continuous Training For Emergencies March 1941 “You can’t teach people to care for your stricken individuals while men are bleeding to death, starving or naked,” said Henry M. Baker of San Francisco, assistant manager of the San Francisco branch office of the American Red Cross. Mr. Baker is here to conduct a three-day school of “disaster preparedness,” for members of the disaster relief committees of Weber county chapter of the Red Cross. Due Tuesday is Miss Ella B. Watland, who will conduct the sessions on home service and civilian relief. Attending the sessions, which opened today in Hotel Ben Lomond, were some 20 committee workers including the chairmen: C. J. Olsen on survey; Lou Griffin on rescue; Dr. R. L. Draper on medical aid; H. D. Olsen on food; Robert M. Hoggan on clothing; L. G. Diehl on transportation and communication; Leland Shreeve on registration and information. The committee on shelter is headed at present by Brig. Gen. A. E. Wilfong, who must leave soon for active duty with the U. S. army and who will be replaced in the near future. Continuous Activity Problems of personnel, methods of preparedness and activities of the various committees will be discussed during the three-day seminar. Today’s programs included work in rescue and transportation and communication groups, registration and information and survey. Men and women who are practical workers in the fields covered should make up the committees, Mr. Baker said, and some type of activity should be provided continuously. “We have found that where a year-around program is provided for Red Cross activity the chapter is always better ready to take charge in case of catastrophe in its community,” he asserted. “Where the workers have to be assembled without previous preparation, the work is always slow in getting underway.” In All Phases Mr. Baker said the school would include all phases of disaster preparedness-housing, medicinal care, feeding, clothing, transportation, communication, rescue, and even the office work connected with each item. He has been supervisor of disaster relief work in many centers throughout the United States. “The National Red Cross is annually called into about 120 disasters as a rough average,” Mr. Baker said. “It is usually found that the community in which disaster has struck has enough materials to care for the needy and where it is possible the Red Cross buys its materials locally. Only in the rare items such as serums and particular medicines is it necessary to import, in most cases.” Radio Combination Mr. Baker said the principal means of communication in disaster-stricken communities has been the radio, with regular broadcasting stations and amateurs working smoothly together to keep up a steady contact with outside areas. “The distribution of relief is a practical job and must be administered by practical workers,” he told the committeemen. Leaders In Emergency Preparedness “IT WOULDN’T LOOK LIKE THAT”… Henry M. Baker, (left) and Allen E. Kolb, assistant manager of the Red Cross branch office at San Francisco and general Red Cross field representative of Utah, respectively, look over what they termed “a beautiful little city,” which, they said, could never look the same if struck by disaster. They are here for a school for Red Cross workers, in which preparedness for possible large fires or explosions, earthquakes or floods is being emphasized.