Civil Defence Corps of Hurmu

The Civil Defence Corps of Hurmu, established by the Secretariat of State of Utas Ayreon-Kalirion on 8.X.1751 AN, is a uniformed service organisation in Hurmu created with the remit to defend the Hanwen u-Brida (Way of Life) by maintaining emergency services such as firefighting, technical rescue, and emergency medical services, and the coordination of the civil defence programmes of the realms under the sovereignty of Order of the Holy Lakes.

The Civil Defence Corps reports directly to the Minister of Civil Defence.

History

Directive Number One, issued on 8.X.1751 AN, mandated the establishment of a Central Board of Control for the Civil Defence Corps, comprised of ten commissioners supported by a Central Secretariat under a General Secretary who would sit on the Central Board of Control as a non-voting member. The Minister of Civil Defence would serve as the Chairman of the Central Board of Control.

Reporting to the Central Board of Control would be Operational Divisions of the Civil Defence Corps corresponding to each realm of Hurmu. Initially, each Operational Division would comprise of a Headquarters Section, responsible for staffing control centres and divided into three sub-sections.

• Intelligence and Operations Sub-Section, responsible for recording and analysing information and preparing instructions.
• Signal Sub-Section, responsible for installing, operating and maintaining communications systems.
• Scientific Research Sub-Section, responsible for advising controllers on scientific and technical aspects of the work of the Corps.

The Central Secretariat, in addition to providing administrative support to the Central Board of Control, would be responsible for establishing the Commissariat and Inspectorate Services of the Civil Defence Corps, responsible for the logistical and disciplinary support of the Operational Divisions.

Directive Number Two, issued on 9.X.1751, concerned the nomination of commissioners to the Central Board of Control, the appointment of a General Secretary, and the procedure for recruiting volunteers for the initial cadres of the Operational Divisions. On the same day, the Minister made a request of the Minister for the Fyrd to be allowed the immediate transfer of forty volunteers from the Peace Academy to the Civil Defence Corps. The request was discussed over an agreeable lunch at an upmarket restaurant, and rapidly approved in return for the prompt delivery of some rare Cimmerian brandy.

By 12.X.1751, the volunteers plucked from the Peace Academy, placated by the promise of extra credits and an enhanced bursary, had been ensconced in a rented warehouse in a business park on the outskirts of Huyenkula and set to the task of undertaking a study of the Imperial Constancian Fire Service, Disciplined services of Port Balaine, and the Uniformed services of Meckelnburgh.

Organisation

• Civil Defence Corps of Hurmu
  • Central Board of Control
    • Operational Divisions
  • Central Secretariat
    • Commissariat Service
    • Inspectorate Service