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 (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. A JRCC will oversee SAR operations for a variety of environments, both on land and at sea.
A Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) is a type of RCC dedicated exclusively to organising search and rescue in a maritime environment.
A Maritime Rescue Sub-Centre (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. 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 Civil Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (CMRCC), Italy Cyprus Joint Rescue Coordination Center, Cyprus Joint Rescue Coordination Centre of Southern Norway, Sola, Norway Joint Rescue Coordination Centre, Iceland 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 Maritime Rescue and Coordination Center Rome, Italy
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 Dhaka Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre Port Blair Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre
Oceania Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu 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
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Search and rescue contacts worldwide
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