This artifact is a blue paper registration card for A.R.P. (Air Raid Precautions Organization).<\/p>\r\n
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It came from the City of Pitt Meadows. During the Second World War, most countries wanted to protect themselves from air attacks. In Canada this was called “Air Raid Precautions”, the government had a national organization that took care of this except for British Columbia and the Maritimes who took care of their own ARP. These were volunteer organizations that could protect areas of vulnerability during the war. The volunteers would learn how to fight fires and provide first aid, they would run the community through training drills as well. This meant regular “blackout” nights to throw off any enemies that might try to bomb the area. The Fire Department first formed as the A.R.P fire department following the bombing of Pearl Harbour with Hans Hoffmann as the first fire chief and Ted Ming his assistant. This is directly in line with protecting residents during the war. The Canadian ARP used pamphlets, training guides and equipment that were originally made for the United Kingdom. Although for B.C. the threat of an attack from above should have been less concerning compared to the threat from the ocean. Luckily Canada did not have to worry about Air Raids during the Second World War, as no such threat ever happened.<\/p>","SEO_LINK":"arp-registration-card","VIDEO_LINK":"","SOUNDCLOUD_LINK":"","IMG1":"1718923493_main_arp-registration-card_1.jpg","IMG2":"","IMG3":"","IMG4":"","IMG5":"","IMG6":"","IMG7":"","IMG1_THUMB":"1718923493_thumb_arp-registration-card_1.jpg","IMG2_THUMB":"","IMG3_THUMB":"","IMG4_THUMB":"","IMG5_THUMB":"","IMG6_THUMB":"","IMG7_THUMB":""}X
ARP Registration Card
This artifact is a blue paper registration card for A.R.P. (Air Raid Precautions Organization).
It came from the City of Pitt Meadows. During the Second World War, most countries wanted to protect themselves from air attacks. In Canada this was called “Air Raid Precautions”, the government had a national organization that took care of this except for British Columbia and the Maritimes who took care of their own ARP. These were volunteer organizations that could protect areas of vulnerability during the war. The volunteers would learn how to fight fires and provide first aid, they would run the community through training drills as well. This meant regular “blackout” nights to throw off any enemies that might try to bomb the area. The Fire Department first formed as the A.R.P fire department following the bombing of Pearl Harbour with Hans Hoffmann as the first fire chief and Ted Ming his assistant. This is directly in line with protecting residents during the war. The Canadian ARP used pamphlets, training guides and equipment that were originally made for the United Kingdom. Although for B.C. the threat of an attack from above should have been less concerning compared to the threat from the ocean. Luckily Canada did not have to worry about Air Raids during the Second World War, as no such threat ever happened.
Details:
Latitude: 49.2205490646083
Longitude: -122.68996145714
Direct Link: https://www.pittmeadowsmuseum.com/locations/arp-registration-card
