Civil Defence Ireland
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Civil Defence Ireland is the civil defence organisation of the Republic of Ireland.
The Civil Defence logo is a protected international symbol under the Geneva Convention and is only authorized on uniforms, Civil Defence vehicles, official paper work and official websites, although each country has its own national logo which is displayed alongside the international logo on uniforms, et cetera. The Republic of Ireland's logo is a gold harp ringed with shamrock and the words Civil Defence on the bottom and Cosaint Shibhialta (Irish language: Civil Defence) on the top colored gold, on a green and black background. This is also inscribed onto the dress uniforms' buttons and beret badge and Civil Defence officers' peaked cap badge.
The international logo is displayed on all working uniforms, e.g. the auxiliary fire services' helmet badge, rescue units hardhats and the wardens' helmets. Welfare personnel usually wear the Number 2 uniform of black poloshirt with international logo and navy trousers with a navy jumper with "civil defence" in gold on the left breast and it can be worn with or without the beret. This uniform is dress for all other personnel, including officers if attending non emergency duties, ie public events or national exercises.
Other uniforms include the Number 3 uniform which is a yellow boiler suit covered with a high vis coat and hardhat issued to all personnel and used for duties and training exercises.
Fire gear: Issued to auxiliary fire service personnel only and only worn when attending fires, training or exercises. When attending any other duties AFS personnel wear either uniforms 1 2 or 3 depending on the nature of the duty. Number 1 uniforms are issued to all personnel and consist of navy tunic with gold buttons, navy trousers, black combat boots, white lanyard, white shirt, black tie and black beret.
Officers wear a peaked cap with gold laurel branches on the peak all other personnel including assistant officers and instructors and unit leaders wear the black beret, but with rank markings on the epaulets of the tunic and/or jumper, these are gold bars depicting the instructors' seniority.
Assistant officers and officers have gold stars with bars denoting seniorority. This uniform is worn for national events e.g. Saint Patrick's day, Guards of Honour, and any other formal occasions. Number 2 uniform with a white shirt and tie under the jumper is also accepted for formal occasions that are not of high importance e.g. team photographs and other duties. The only member of each county's Civil Defence Organisation to be retained on a full salary is the officer who is usually a senior member of the town or county council all other staff including instructors are retained on a part time and voluntary basis and have other jobs and work on a weekly basis attending classes and training.
