Joint Rescue Coordination Centre of Northern Norway
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The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre of Northern Norway or JRCC NN is a rescue coordination centre
located in Bodø
responsible for coordinating search and rescue
operations in the northern part of Norway
; it is responsible for coordinating search and rescue operations within Norway's Search and Rescue Region of Responsibility (SRR) north of 65 degrees north latitude.
It reports to the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police
.
JRCC NN is able to call upon a large range of government agencies, volunteer rescue organisations and private companies, each with specialized resources for various aspects within search and rescue. The coordination of a rescue may also be sent to a local rescue coordination centre.
Rescue coordination centre
A rescue coordination centre or RCC is a primary search and rescue facility in a country that is staffed by supervisory personnel and equipped for coordinating and controlling search and rescue operations....
located in Bodø
Bodø
is a city and a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Salten region.The city of Bodø was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 . Bodin was merged with Bodø on 1 January 1968. Skjerstad was merged with Bodø on 1 January 2005...
responsible for coordinating search and rescue
Search and rescue
Search and rescue is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger.The general field of search and rescue includes many specialty sub-fields, mostly based upon terrain considerations...
operations in the northern part of Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
; it is responsible for coordinating search and rescue operations within Norway's Search and Rescue Region of Responsibility (SRR) north of 65 degrees north latitude.
It reports to the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police
Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police is a Norwegian government ministry in charge of justice, police and domestic intelligence. The main purpose of the Ministry is to provide for the maintenance and development of the basic guarantees of the rule of law...
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JRCC NN is able to call upon a large range of government agencies, volunteer rescue organisations and private companies, each with specialized resources for various aspects within search and rescue. The coordination of a rescue may also be sent to a local rescue coordination centre.