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Civil Aid Service Wikipedia

The Civil Aid Service (CAS) is a civil organisation that assist in a variety of auxilliary emergency roles, including search and rescue operations in Hong Kong:

• providing support to the government regular emergency forces on counter disaster activities, mountain search and rescue, flood rescue, countryside fire protection duties;

• providing crowd control and management services in major public functions;

• patrolling country parks and hiking trails and assisting people in need of help;

• staging performances to enhance public attention on major campaigns or activities organised by government departments and non-government organisations;

• providing training activities and professional services on mountain safety/rescue for government departments and non-government organisations and

CAS is funded by the Hong Kong Government and members wear uniforms.

Last Modified:   2005-11-07