page_title: Search and rescue
section_title: Hong Kong
hierarchical_section_title: Search and rescue / By nation / Hong Kong
caption_attribution_description: English: A right front view of a Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force Aerospatiale Dauphin helicopter leaving its hangar during Hong Kong Search and Rescue exercise '82.
context_page_description: Search and rescue is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger. The general field of search and rescue includes many specialty sub-fields, typically determined by the type of terrain the search is conducted over. These include mountain rescue; ground search and rescue, including the use of search and rescue dogs; urban search and rescue in cities; combat search and rescue on the battlefield and air-sea rescue over water.
  International Search and Rescue Advisory Group is a UN organization that promotes the exchange of information between national urban search and rescue organizations. The duty to render assistance is covered by Article 98 of the UNCLOS.
context_section_description: SAR operations are conducted by the Government Flying Service (GFS) and before 1993 by the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force. The GFS conducts maritime SAR within the 400-nautical-mile (740 km) radius of the Hong Kong Flight Information Region (FIR).
  As of 2010, the GFS fleet consists of nine aircraft including:
  2 BAe Jetstream 41 - for aerial SAR surveillance
  3 Eurocopter Super Puma (Super Puma L2) - inshore and offshore SAR
  4 Eurocopter EC155 B1 - inshore SAR
  Other civilian search and rescue units in Hong Kong include:
  Civil Aid Service - works in conjunction with the Hong Kong Fire Services Dept and the air support from the Government Flying Service, also provides mountain rescue service
  Hong Kong Fire Services/Hong Kong Marine Police - various vessels and rescue divers  - with air support from the GFS
  Hong Kong Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre is responsible for coordinating other civil agencies in regards to marine SAR operations in waters around Hong Kong
  Countryside Volunteer Search Team
caption: Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force Aérospatiale SA 360 Dauphin SAR helicopter
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