Colonel Carl J. Koenig (U.S. Army – Retired) served as director of the Fair Lawn Civil Defense – Disaster Control (CD-DC) from 1952 until 1989. Local CD-DC organizations date back to World War II, but were deactivated at the end of the war. They were reactivated in 1950 during the Korean Crisis. Col. Koenig oversaw the following units within CD-DC: Control Wardens, Nurse Section, RADEF, Radio Communications, Heavy Rescue, Volunteer Ambulance Corps., Welfare and the Police Reserves.