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comprise a Wardens' Service, a Rescue Service, a Communications Unit, and other command and administrative units. The service, several thousands strong, has not increased in numbers during 1958, but members, of whom the vast majority are volunteers, are markedly keen.
The customary annual Civil Defence full day exercise was abandoned in 1958 in favour of smaller and more frequent zone exercises of a few hours' duration in which the Civil Aid Services and the Auxiliary Medical Service co-operate. The new system provides for greater continuity and better supervision of training.
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