Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Halifax

The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Halifax ( JRCC Halifax ) is a rescue coordination center, which by the Royal Canadian Air Force ( RCAF ) and the Canadian Coast Guard ( CCG ) is operated jointly. JRCC Halifax is responsible for coordinating the rescue ( Search and Rescue (SAR )) at accidents and disasters. The Search and Rescue Region (SRR ) of the JRCC Halifax covers an area extending to the Atlantic Ocean from 30 ° to 42 ° west longitude and south of 70 ° north latitude. Furthermore, the JRCC Halifax is responsible for the territorial waters before the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Iceland, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and for the eastern part of the province of Quebec and the southern part of Baffin Iceland. The area covers 4.7 million square kilometers. The area consists of 80% water. In addition, the JRCC assists local authorities during natural disasters. The coordination center is located on the Canadian military base, CFB Halifax.

Coordination Centre

The emergency center is manned by employees of the Armed Forces and the Canadian Coast Guard. There are three such facilities. One is located in Trenton, Ontario which is responsible for the provinces of Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta, Northwest Territories and Saskatchewan. Another is located in Victoria, British Columbia, which is responsible for British Columbia and the Yukon.

Use of resources

Air rescue

For use zure Air Rescue is the JRCC Halifax the 413 Transport and Rescue Squadron is available, which is stationed at Canadian Forces Base Greenwood in Nova Scotia. Furthermore, is the 9th Wing at the base airport in Gander Newfoundland available. Both squadrons have several types of helicopters CH -149 Cormorant CH -146 Griffon and the shipwrecked persons can recover from the Atlantic.

In addition, a civilian search and rescue association has been established. The Civil Air Search and Rescue Association ( CASARA ) is an organization of volunteer pilots and aircraft owners who make their machines available and actively participate in the search and rescue operations. These receive compensation for their efforts.

Sea ​​rescue

The Canadian Coast Guard is the primary rescue resources. Your patrol boats operating in the Küstenberiechen of Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador. Furthermore, there is the military patrol boats of the Royal Canadian Navy available that leave the coastal waters.

Networking

The JRCC Halifax works very closely with other rescue agencies. Furthermore, capacitances are provided to each other. These include:

• JRCC Trenton, in the West
• RCC Boston, southwest
• RCC Norfolk, in the south
• RCC Southampton, east

The Canadian JRCCS are networked together. The Canadian JRCCS use the computer network Canadian SAR Mission Management System ( SMMS ). It is not uncommon for rescue units from the UK, U.S. or Canadian rescue units units in foreign territory to receive and initiate rescue measures when they are each as the next unit is on call. By special cooperation agreements as well as customs procedures, this allows high usability and optimum resource allocation in case of accidents.

SARSAT

One of the key inputs is the Cospas -Sarsat satellite system, which was developed by Canada, the U.S., France and the USSR jointly in 1981. Currently the system is used by 18 countries. The Canadian system is composed of three Satellitenerdfunkstellen located in Edmonton, Churchill and Goose Bay. The emergency signals are transmitted to the emergency call beacons, are transmitted to the satellites pass. These satellites transmit these signals to the earth stations, which forward the data to the Operations Centre in Halifax. The frequencies are set at 121.5, 243.0 and 406.0 MHz.

MRSCs

The Halifax SRR has two Maritime Rescue Sub Centres ( MRSCs ) which are permanently staffed with employees of the Canadian Coast Guard. These support the co-ordination center in Halifax in the localization of castaways in specific geographic locations. MRSC St. John's is responsible for all water bodies in the area of ​​Newfoundland and Labrador. MRSC Quebec is responsible for all waters in southern Quebec, the St. Lawrence Gulf and St. Lawrence River.