Tags: Government Agency.
The Civil Aid Service (Chinese: 民眾安全服務隊) or CAS (民安隊) in short is a civil organisation that assist in a variety of auxiliary 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 andCAS is funded by the Hong Kong Government and members wear uniforms.
