Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Halifax

Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Halifax (JRCC Halifax)
Centre conjoint de coordination des opérations de sauvetage Halifax
JRCC overview
Jurisdiction	Halifax Search and Rescue Region (SRR)
Headquarters	Halifax, Nova Scotia; 44°39′42″N 63°35′18″W / 44.6617813°N 63.5884056°W
Ministers responsible	David McGuinty, Minister of National Defence; Joanne Thompson, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard;
JRCC executives	Major Christopher Simm, Officer in Charge; Major Stephen Park, Succeeded; Steve Waller, CCG Lead;
Parent department	Canadian Armed Forces (CAF); Canadian Coast Guard (CCG)
Website	www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/operations/military-operations/types/search-rescue/eastern-canada.html

The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Halifax (JRCC Halifax) is a rescue coordination centre operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG).

JRCC Halifax is responsible for coordinating the Search and Rescue (SAR) response to air and marine incidents within the Halifax Search and Rescue Region (SRR). This region covers areas of the Atlantic Ocean west of 30° west longitude, north of 42° north latitude and south of 70° north latitude. It includes the land mass of eastern Canada comprising the entirety of Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, the eastern half of Quebec, the southern half of Baffin Island and the French archipelago of St. Pierre and Miquelon. This area measures 4.7 million km² of which approximately 80% is water.

As a secondary role, JRCC Halifax coordinates requests by other levels of government for federal SAR resources. These secondary request are commonly made for humanitarian reasons that fall within provincial or municipal jurisdiction (e.g., searching for missing hunters, hoisting injured hikers and medical evacuation when civilian agencies are unable due to weather or location).