Rescue coordination centre

A rescue co-ordination centre (RCC) is a primary search and rescue (SAR) facility in a country that is staffed by supervisory personnel and equipped for co-ordinating and controlling search and rescue operations.

RCCs are responsible for a geographic area, known as a "search and rescue region of responsibility" (SRR). SRRs are designated by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). RCCs are operated unilaterally by personnel of a single military service (e.g. an air force, or a navy) or a single civilian service (e.g. a national police force, or a coast guard).

Genres

A Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre or JRCC is a special type of RCC that is often operated by personnel from multiple military services, civilian services, or a combination of military and/or civilian services.^[1] A JRCC will oversee SAR operations for a variety of environments, both on land and at sea.

A Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre or MRCC is a type of RCC dedicated exclusively to organising search and rescue in a maritime environment.

A Maritime Rescue Sub-Centre or MRSC is a special type of RCC which operates almost identically to an MRCC but on a smaller scale, usually dictated by a specific environment within which it operates. An MRSC acts as a satellite center to an MRCC or JRCC and is operated to handle the workload for a particular geographic area within the SRR.

Applications

• United States - United States Coast Guard and United States Air Force are partners in Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centres under the National Search and Rescue Plan.^[2]
• Canada - Canadian Coast Guard and Canadian Forces Search and Rescue (Royal Canadian Air Force and Royal Canadian Navy) are partners in Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centres; CCG operates Maritime Rescue Sub-Centres to offload work from JRCC

Worldwide centers

Europe

• Cyprus Joint Rescue Coordination Center, Cyprus
• Joint Rescue Coordination Centre of Southern Norway, Sola, Norway
• Joint Rescue Coordination Centre, Iceland^[3]
• Joint Rescue Center Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
• Joint Rescue Coordination Center Den Helder, Den Helder, The Netherlands
• Joint Rescue Coordination Center UK, Fareham, United Kingdom
• Marine Rescue Coordination Center Bremen, Germany^[4]
• Maritime Rescue and Coordination Center Rome, Italy^[5]

Africa

• South African Maritime Safety Authority

Asia

• Hong Kong Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre
• Sri Lanka Maritime Rescue Coordinating Centre
• Mumbai Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre
• Chennai Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre
• Port Blair Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre^[6]

Oceania

• Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu^[7]
• Australian Maritime Safety Authority's Joint Rescue Coordination Centre, Canberra
• Auckland Marine Rescue Centre, Auckland, New Zealand

North America

• Air Force Rescue Coordination Center (United States)
• Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Victoria, Victoria, Canada
• Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Halifax. Halifax, Canada
• Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Trenton. Astra, Canada

South America

• Marine Rescue Coordination Center Chile
  • MRCC Iquique
  • MRCC Puerto Montt
  • MRCC Punta Arenas (Cobrem Par)
  • MRCC Talcahuano
  • MRCC Valparaiso
• JRCC Curaçao, Curaçao
• MRCC La Guaira, Venezuela

External links

• Search and rescue contacts worldwide