DCHP-3

mobile column

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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in civil defence, one of a number of groups specially trained for the work of rescuing and evacuating people from stricken areas during attack, as by nuclear weapons.

Quotations

1961
The mobile columns will be staffed by the trained civilians and 50,000 more men drawn from the regular army and militia.