| Unit Name: | Gendarmerie Commando Search and Rescue Battalion Command |
| Country: | Turkey |
| Allegiance: | Gendarmerie General Command |
| Branch: | Turkish Gendarmerie |
| Type: | Special Forces |
| Role: | Search and rescueMountain rescueSearch and rescue dogSwift water rescueCBRN defense |
| Garrison: | Ankara |
| Mascot: | Kangal Shepherd Dog– Mount Ararat |
| Commander1: | Major Burak Özer |
| Commander1 Label: | First |
| Identification Symbol: | J.A.K. |
| Identification Symbol Label: | Abbreviation |
| Start Date: | 1 September 1999 |
| End Date: | present |
| Native Name: | Jandarma Komando Arama Kurtarma Tabur Komutanlığı |
The Gendarmerie Search and Rescue Battalion Command[1] (Turkish: Jandarma Arama Kurtarma Tabur Komutanlığı), JAK, is the Search and rescue unit of the Gendarmerie General Command in Turkey. 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.
JAK Battalion Command; has three Disaster Search and Rescue and one Special Search and Rescue Company (CBRN defense). Also thirteen Underwater Search and rescue Teams, twenty-three Mountaineering Rescue Teams and five Gendarmerie Search and rescue dog Team.
| Unit | Branch | Size | Badge | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gendarmerie Search and Rescue Battalion Command (JAK) | Headquarters | The headquarters of JAK is in Ankara, Bakanlıklar | |||
| Disaster Search and Rescue[2] [3] | 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[4] [5] | Underwater search and recovery | 13 units[6] | 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 ;(19 units)
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| Mountaineering Search Rescue[10] [11] [12] [13] [14] | 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:
Teams are located in 17 Provincial gendarmerie HQ; (23 units)
Personnel in charge receive training in combating severe cold, skiing training, snowmobiling and over-snow vehicle training, first aid training and mountaineering training.[15] [16] [17] | ||
| Gendarmerie Search and rescue dog[18] [19] [20] [21] | 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.[22] | ||
| Special Search and Rescue Company[23] | CBRN defense | 1 unit | https://icdn.ensonhaber.com/resimler/diger/c_7584.jpg | This was formed after the ikitelli radioactive waste accident located in Meram/Konya.[24] |
