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The Water Rescue and Recovery Team is made up of Swift water Rescue
Technicians, ERT- Swift water Rescue certified persons, and Rescue Divers.
The team responds to water rescue calls in Buncombe County and surrounding
counties as requested by the Fire Departments' whose district the calls
originate in. They also will assist with body or property recovery.
The main bodies or water in Buncombe County include the French Broad River
and the Swannanoa River as well as surrounding lakes.
Buncombe County Rescue currently has 2
Avon rescue boats with outboard motors as well as a 16ft. flat bottom
vessel used for diving and recovery incidents.
For more information on the Water Rescue
and Recovery Team, please call or e-mail us.
Dive Team
Training
BCRS Dive
Team
Dive Team Training
Left to Right: S. Pate, A. Polhamus,
D. Plyler, J. Coffey
Not Pictured: C. Fuentes, C. Queen, J. Hilliard
Boat-2
Dive Team
Training
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