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The ARP services included; Report & control of incidents; Messenger & Warden service; Rescue, repair & demolition; Anti-gas service; and Casualty (including First Aid Parties, ambulance, Emergency Mortuary) services. A support service was founded also in 1938 called WVS (womens Volunteer Service), and in 1941 the Fire Guard service (intended to report fires & deal with individual incenduary bombs) was set up. Associated with the ARP, but independent in organisation were; the Police, including the Auxillery Police; the Fire Services, both National Fire Service (NFS) and Auxillery Fire Service (AFS); and the Health Services. Initially members of the ARP were supplied with arm bands & a steel helmet, but by 1941 most member had a blue battledress, or overalls. Branch & rank were painted on the steel helmet, usually by letters & rings ("W" for warden, "R" for Rescue). The WVS had many functions but was best known for its work in running & operating the Mobile Canteens and Rest Centres. REFERENCE
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