FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1976
CAS OUT AGAIN TO PREVENT HILL FIRES
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MEMBERS OF THE CIVIL AID SERVICES WILL BE OUT AGAIN THIS WEEKEND TO HELP THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT'S FIRE- FIGHTING PATROLS IN COMBATTING HILL FIRES.
INVOLVED WILL BE 100 MEMBERS AND 50 CADETS OF THE CAS.
DURING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS, MEMBERS OF THE CAS,
ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT AND THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE PUT OUT A NUMBER OF HILL FIRES.
THROUGHOUT THE FOUR-DAY HOLIDAY PERIOD, OTHER CONTINGENTS WERE POSTED TO AREAS OF HIGH FIRE RISK IN THE NEW TERRITORIES TO HELP LOOK OUT FOR FIRES AND LEND SUPPORT WHEN NEEDED.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT TODAY AGA IN APPEALED TO VILLAGERS AND VISITORS TO THE NEW TERRITORIES TO BE MORE CAREFUL WITH MATCHES AND CIGARETTE BUTTS.
BARBECUE PARTIES, HE SAID, SHOULD ONLY BE HELD AT DESIGNATED PLACES PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
PICNICKERS SHOULD IMMEDIATELY ALERT THE NEAREST FORESTRY OFFICE OR POLICE OR FIRE SERVICES POST WHEN THEY SPOT A HILL FIRE.
*IF THE FIRE IS SMALL, THEY CAN HELP BY STAMPING OR BEATING IT OUT BEFORE IT GETS OUT OF CONTROL, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE VIGILANCE AND EFFORT BY ALL CONCERNED, HE ADDED, HAD PAID OFF AS THE EXERCISE HAD BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.
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