The Civil Aid Service (Department) is a government department under the Security Bureau. It has an establishment of 112 full-time staff embracing a Directorate, departmental officers and general grade staff. They perform and provide operational control, service training, administrative and logistic support to the members of the Service.

【Civil Aid Service (Department) Organzation 】

Civil Aid Service

The Civil Aid Service is a uniformed and disciplined, government-financed, auxiliary emergency measure organisation. The Service has an establishment of 3,634 adult members and 3,232 youths of 12 - 17 years old. It was formed in 1952 as a wartime-oriented civil defence unit. Since then, it has grown into a board-based auxiliary organisation, capable of undertaking a wide range of emergency duties and helping to relieve the pressure on Hong Kong's full-time emergency forces.

【Civil Aid Service Organzation】