BUSAR Establishes Its Sea Rescue Team!

Following hands-on drills carried out by professional instructors of the Bodrum Sea Rescue Association and BUSAR between 9 and 11 July 2012, BUSAR established its team to serve in the Bosphorus, the Dardanelles and the Sea of Marmara.

The team, established solely for lifesaving at sea, has applied to the Coast Guard Command to begin service from September 2012.

BUSAR, which has a team ready for duty 24 hours a day for all kinds of heavy search and rescue operations on land under the Istanbul Disaster and Emergency Directorate, also carries out environmental protection and seawater pollution measurement work together with BAU Environmental Engineering, in addition to lifesaving, on the seafront of the Beşiktaş district where it is located. It plans to accelerate this work with new volunteers joining in the 2012-2013 academic year.