Preparation of Instructional Material

In June 1940 the New York City Fire Commissioner, John J. McElligott, sent a representative to Washington to confer with the Chief, CWS on the problem of familiarizing fire fighters with methods of combating gas and 

Gas Defense Training for Qvilians at the Chemical Warfare School, Edgewood, Maryland, 1941, 

In line with this approach, the CWS, at the request of representatives of the National Board of Fire Underwriters, conducted a demonstration at Edgewood Arsenal on 9 October 1940, at which magnesium and oil incendiary bombs were ignited and extinguished. This demonstration was the first of hundreds staged by the CWS during the war to inform civilians about the character of incendiary bombs and the methods of handling them. 

As another important step in preparation for more active participation in the civilian protection program, the Chief, CWS, was directed in February 1941 to prepare a short course of instruction to be given on a volunteer basis to repre tatives of fire departments of large cities. An outline for a three-day course was prepared by the Chemical Warfare School in which instructional time was evenly divided between the handling of incendiaries and protection against war gases. 

The Chemical Warfare School made a careful study of this subject and early in 1941 developed a course of instruction which promised to meet these requirements. As originally developed at the school this course included  

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In addition to the hardware and software development, the E2LP project also included the preparation of instructional materials for students and teachers, as... 

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