Gendarmerie Search and Rescue Battalion Command

The Gendarmerie Search and Rescue Battalion Command (Turkish: Jandarma Arama Kurtarma Tabur Komutanlığı) 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 in order to conduct search and rescue operations with, was established on 01 September 1999 in Ankara under the command of the Gendarmerie Commando Special Public Order.

In 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
JAK Battalion Command; has two (3) Disaster Search and Rescue and one (1) Special Search and Rescue Company (CBRN defense). Also (13) thirteen Underwater Search and Rescue Teams, twenty-three (23) Mountaineering Rescue Teams and five (5) Gendarmerie Search and Rescue Dog Team.