Gendarmerie Search and Rescue Battalion Command
The Gendarmerie Search and Rescue Battalion Command or shortly as JAK, is the Search and rescue unit of the Gendarmerie General Command.It has several missions which all kinds of natural and man-made disasters that may occur inside of domestic and abroad places with in mountains, caves, canyons, underwater to conduct search and rescue operations with, was established on 1 September 1999 in Ankara under the command of the Gendarmerie Commando Special Public Order.
To perform these tasks; Within the JAK Battalion Command, there is a Special Search and Rescue Company consisting of Disaster Search and Rescue Companies and Mountaineering, Underwater and Dog Search and Rescue Teams.
Training Activities
- Earthquake Search and Rescue Training.
- Avalanche Search and Rescue Training.
- CBRN Training.
- Flood Search and Rescue Training.
- Fire Search and Rescue Training.
- Mountaineering Education.
- Underwater Training.
- Search and rescue dog Team Training.
- Skiing Training.
- Snowmobiling and over-snow vehicle Training.
- First aid Training.
Departments
Unit | Branch | Size | Badge | Details |
Gendarmerie Search and Rescue Battalion Command | Headquarters | The headquarters of JAK is in Ankara, Bakanlıklar | ||
Disaster Search and Rescue | Natural and man-made disasters | 3 units | Teams are located in Istanbul, Ankara and Erzurum. They sometimes help to fight disasters with the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency in neighboring countries. | |
Underwater Search and Rescue | Underwater search and recovery | 13 units | Established to intervene in the area of responsibility and to find missing persons, the largest team in JAK and it is slowly becoming a separate organization. Teams are located in 9 Provincial gendarmerie HQ ;
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Mountaineering Search Rescue | Mountain rescue, | 23 units | Established to provide safety and security in winter tourism centers, evacuate patients/injured people in adverse weather and terrain, and preventive arm enforcement in mountainous/forest areas where extreme sports are performed. Tasks include:
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Gendarmerie Search and rescue dog | Search and rescue dog Team. | 5 units | Performs search and rescue in natural and unnatural disasters, illegal human smuggling and avalanche search in winter tourism areas with the help and support of Search and rescue dogs. In the staff of Dog units; There is an Expert Gendarmerie private soldier and an Expert officer which includes a dog. It was put into operation on 18 December 2003 in Nevsehir. Note that other Gendarmerie Dog groups are not included. | |
Special Search and Rescue Company | CBRN defense | 1 unit | This was formed after the ikitelli radioactive waste accident located in Meram/Konya. |