Civil Defense Operational and Survival Plan of the City of St. Paul, 1962

work foree includes about 70,000 persons involved in nonagriculture
employment. There are approximately 5rOO0
municipal employees. All city employees will be utilized
to perform Civil Defense functions.
St, Paul has approximately l+31 regular police and Lh3 regular
flremen trained in disaster procedures. These forces are
augmented by Ciuil Defense auxiliaries trained by the Fire and
Police Bureaus.
the City of St. Paul has approximately 5!r0OO di.rel-1:[ng units
and some 31238 licensed hosp5.taI beds to provid.e welfare and
medicaL serviees on an emergency basis. This does not include
the housing capability of commercial, public and semi-public
buil-d:lngs.
1r0hi1e St. Paul potemtially has, in publi,e and privately owned
buildings, zufficient space to provi.de fallout sheLter for the
entire populace, these potential shelters are not strategically
located nith rblation to the day and night time population
eoncentrations.
St. Paul is a najor manufacturi-ng, industrial and trans- portation center with considerable supplies of raw material,
ftnished produets and food stuffs.
The implenentation of this Pl-an and the proper utilization
of local resources gives the eity a capability to recover from
the effects of attack provided adequate preparations and plans
are made and effective governmental action is taken.
6. Mllitary Cgrpability:
Memorandum of Agreement between the State Dtreetor of Civil
Defense and the State Adjutant General, provides that:
a. Civil Defense mj-ssions to which any of the elements of
the Military Services stationed in the St. Paul area may
be assigned, will necessarily be considered as secondary.
Support fron the Armed Services ldIf be available only
when it does not effect their primary mission.
b. In the event mi1itary resources are availabre to the st.
Paul Office of Civil Defense, they r,riIl be committed in
a supporting role and the military will retaln conrnand
and identity of their units during operatlons. Requests for military assistance uiI1 be made to the State Director
through Civil Defense channels.
C. Mission:
When an attack on the United States i-s probable, imminent or actual, all government and publicemployees, all public and private
corporations, installations and businesses in the city of st. paul
will direet their immediate and eomplete effort to carrying out the provisions of the Plan with the objective of m:ini:nj.zing casualti-es
and property damage and faeilitating recovery.
LL-29-6? STP-OSP-7

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