Lebanese Sea Rescue Unit

The Sea Rescue Unit is a voluntary organisation part of the Lebanese Civil Defense. Its main task is saving lives at sea around the Lebanese coast. The others tasks include the fire fighting at sea and marine environment stewardship.

Sea Rescue Unit
TypeLife savers
Legal statusVoluntary government organisation part of the Lebanese Civil Defense
PurposeSearch and rescue, marine environment stewardship and fire-fighting at sea
HeadquartersKaslik, Jounieh
Region served
Lebanon
Official language
Arabic
President
Samir Yazbek
Websitehttp://www.civildefense.gov.lb/

Stations

The sea rescue unit of the Lebanese Civil Defense has 5 main station trying to cover the 200Km of the Lebanese coast:

  • Batroun Sea rescue station, located at about 50 km north of Beirut in the North Governorate
  • Amchit Sea rescue station, located at about 40 km north of Beirut in the Mount Lebanon Governorate
  • Kaslik Sea rescue station which serves as Headquarters of the sea rescue unit and is located at about 20 km north north of Beirut in the Mount Lebanon Governorate
  • Jiyeh Sea rescue station, located at about 30 km south of Beirut in the Mount Lebanon Governorate
  • Tyre Sea Rescue station, located at about 75 km south of Beirut in the South Governorate [1]

Equipment

The Sea Rescue Unit has different types of boats including:

  • High speed boats, some of them equipped with small water cannon for external fire fighting
  • Inflatable boats
  • Personal watercraft

In addition the sea rescue unit has different types of diving materials and oil pollution response equipment including different types of containment booms. [2]

See also

References
  1. http://www.civildefense.gov.lb/index.php?page=seahelpn List of the sea rescue stations on the Lebanese coast
  2. https://executive-bulletin.com/business/total-liban-conducts-5th-annual-anti-sea-pollution-exercise-a-demonstration-of-leadership-in-fight-against-sea-pollution The oil pollution response equipment of the Sea Rescue Unit
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