air raid warden
Civilian defense monitor
An air raid warden was a civilian volunteer responsible for enforcing blackout regulations and guiding people to shelters during aerial bombing attacks.
The role emerged in World War II, when wardens patrolled neighborhoods ensuring no lights were visible that might guide enemy aircraft: The air raid warden shouted at us to close the curtains.
- volunteerUnpaid willing participant
- night watchOvernight security patrol
- blackoutComplete power loss
- sirenWailing alert device
- vigilanceState of keen awareness
blackout curtains · fire extinguisher · incendiary bomb · gas mask · bombing · civil defense · shelter · warning · fortitude · anti-aircraft defenses · home front · wartime morale · ARP · tin hat · evacuation · civilian mobilization · protection · barrage balloon
- wartime jobssoldier, medic, general, sergeant, nurse
- air raidsair strike, bombing, bomb, bombs, bomber
- wardens
- wartime organizationsWar Department, USO, civil defense, Home Guard, Selective Service
- wartime workwar industry, factory work, munitions, weapons manufacturing, aircraft production
- emergency preparednessemergency kit, evacuation plan, emergency plan, emergency alerts, emergency supplies
air raid wardenfighter pilot
Airborne military combatant
infantryman · commando · soldier · marine · paratrooper
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