Throughout the 1930s the risks of another war in Europe were being examined and planned for with the Home Office establishing an Air Raid Precautions (ARP) service in 1935. This became the Civil Defence Service in 1941 and incorporated the ARP Wardens Service, the Auxiliary Fire Service (which later became the National Fire Service), along with First Aid Posts organised by the St John’s Ambulance and Red Cross. Although few records still exist that give details there were detachments of all of these in the village.