Civil Aid Service (Department)

The Civil Aid Service (Department) is a government department under the Security Bureau. It has an establishment of 103 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

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