Uniforms and Insignia
Members of the corps were issued with dark blue battledress and berets. A system of horizontal bars and point-down chevrons was used to indicate rank.
| Rank Insignia | Intelligence & Operations Sub-Section | Signal Sub-Section | Scientific & Recce Sub-Section | Warden Section | Rescue Section | Welfare Section | Ambulance Sub-Section | First Aid Sub-Section |
| Two wide bars with one narrow bar between | Division Chief Officer | Chief Warden | Chief Rescue Officer | Chief Welfare Section Officer | Chief Ambulance Officer | |||
| Two wide bars | Senior Staff Officer | Senior Signal Officer | Senior Scientific Intelligence Officer | Deputy Chief Warden | Deputy Chief Rescue Officer | Deputy Chief Welfare Section Officer | Deputy Chief Ambulance Officer | |
| One wide bar with two narrow bars above | Column Rescue Officer | Column Ambulance Officer | ||||||
| One wide bar with one narrow bar above | Assistant Chief Warden | Deputy Column Rescue Officer | Deputy Column Ambulance Officer | |||||
| One wide bar | Staff Officer (Operations) Staff Officer (Intelligence) Sector Staff Officer |
Signal Officer | Scientific Intelligence Officer Reconnaissance Officer |
Sector Warden | Company Rescue Officer | Assistant Chief Welfare Section Officer | Company Ambulance Officer | Company First Aid Officer |
| Three narrow bars | Deputy Sector Warden | Deputy Company Rescue Officer | Senior Welfare Section Officer | Deputy Company Ambulance Officer | Deputy Company First Aid Officer | |||
| Two narrow bars | Post Warden | Platoon Rescue Officer | Platoon Ambulance Officer | Platoon First Aid Officer | ||||
| One narrow bar | Signalmaster | Deputy Post Warden | Deputy Platoon Rescue Officer | Welfare Section Officer | Deputy Platoon Ambulance Officer | Deputy Platoon First Aid Officer | ||
| Three chevrons | Operations Clerk Intelligence Clerk |
Signal Clerk Field Cable Party Leader |
Reconnaissance Party Leader | Senior Warden | Rescue Party Leader | Welfare Section Detachment Leader | Ambulance Detachment Leader | First Aid Party Leader |
| Two chevrons | Deputy Rescue Party Leader | Deputy Ambulance Detachment Leader | Deputy First Aid Party Leader | |||||
| One chevron | ||||||||
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