Rescue coordination centre

A rescue co-ordination centre (RCC) is a primary search and rescue 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 operated by personnel from multiple military services, civilian services, or a combination of military and/or civilian services.^[1]

A Maritime Rescue Sub-Centre or MRSC is a special type of RCC dedicated exclusively to organising search and rescue in a maritime environment. An MRSC usually is subservient to an RCC and is used to take 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
• Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre 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

References

1. "Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms" (PDF). U.S. Department of Defense. Archived from the original (pdf) on March 10, 2010. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
2. "National Search And Rescue Committee". U.S. Coast Guard Office of Search and Rescue. U.S. Coast Guard. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
3. "Joint Rescue Coordination Centre, Iceland". www.lhg.is. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
4. "Marine Rescue and Coordination Center Bremen". arcsar.eu. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
5. "Search and Rescue Contacts". sarcontacts.info. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
6. "NATIONAL MARITIME SEARCH AND RESCUE COORDINATING AUTHORITY".
7. "Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu". www.pacificarea.uscg.mil. Retrieved 6 January 2022.