Hong Kong’s urban search and rescue team is gearing up to win UN accreditation early next year, the city’s retiring deputy fire chief has said.
This would allow it to play a more significant role in international rescue efforts, according to Angus Wong Chun-yip, the Fire Services Department’s outgoing deputy director of operations. Accreditation would allow the team to work independently for seven days.
Wong said that while the nature of the job had remained constant over his 31-year career,…