MONDAY, MAY 17, 1976
CAS MOUNTAIN RESCUERS TO RECEIVE TRAINING IN UK ******
FIVE OFFICERS FROM THE MOUNTAIN RESCUE UNIT OF THE CIVIL AID SERVICES WILL LEAVE FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM ON WEDNESDAY (MAY 19) TO RECEIVE ADVANCED TRAINING IN MOUNTAIN SEARCH AND RESCUE AND MOUNTAINS CRAFT.
THE TRAINING, LASTING ABOUT TWO MONTHS, WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN THE MOUNTAINS OF SCOTLAND AND NORTH WALES WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF THE RAF LAND RESCUE SERVICE AND THE UK CENTRAL COUNCIL FOR PHYSICAL RECREATION.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME CAS MOUNTAIN RESCUERS ARE SENT ABROAD FOR FURTHER TRAINING.
A CAS SPOKESMAN SAID : +AS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE GO HIKING AND MOUNTAINEERING THESE DAYS, THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS WILL INEVITABLY GO UP.
+THEREFORE, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT CAS SHOULD BE TRAINED IN THE MOST MODERN TECHNIQUES IN ORDER TO COPE WITH ANY EMERGENCY SITUATION WHICH MIGHT ARISE.+
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE OFFICERS, ON COMPLETION OF THEIR TRAINING, WILL PASS ON THEIR KNOWLEDGE TO OTHER MEMBERS OF CAS AND ORGANISE COURSES FOR YOUTH LEADERS IN MOUNTAIN CRAFT.
AT PRESENT, THE CAS HAS A MOUNTAIN RESCUE UNIT, CONSISTING OF 56 MEMBERS. THEY ARE TRAINED TO RESCUE PEOPLE WHO ARE INJURED, TRAPPED OR BECOME LOST ON MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION, THEY ARE TAUGHT HOW TO RESCUE SURVIVORS FROM AIR CRASHES IN REMOTE AREAS.
ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS, VOLUNTEERS FROM THE MOUNTAIN RESCUE UNIT ARE ON STANDBY DUTY AT THE CAS KOWLOON TRAINING CENTRE AT 204, ARGYLE STREET, KOWLOON FROM 10 A.M. TO 9.30 P.M. CAN BE CONTACTED ON TELEPHONE NOS. 3-015011 OR 3-016030.
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