The fort now falls under the responsibility of the Armed Forces of Malta and is used by the St John Rescue Corps.

Its guns were removed during the interwar period, and it was later used by the Royal Air Force first as a communications post, and then as a radar station during World War II.

[3] Fort Madalena is still owned by the government and falls under the responsibility of the 4th Regiment of the Armed Forces of Malta.

[4] The fort is leased to the St John Rescue Corps, a volunteer civil defence organization, and is used as their headquarters and training school.

[7] A wall near the fort's entrance partially collapsed during heavy rains in April 2019, and it began to be restored in June 2019.