The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre of Southern Norway or JRCC SN (Norwegian: Hovedredningssentralen i Sør-Norge) is a rescue coordination center located in Sola responsible for coordinating major search and rescue (SAR) operations in Norway south of the 65th parallel north. Established in 1970, it is a government agency subordinate the Ministry of Justice and Public Security and led by the Chief of Police of Rogaland Police District. The agency has 24 employees and has at least two rescue controllers at work at any time.
The center is able to call on resources from twenty-one police districts, land, sea and air ambulance services, fire departments, the Coast Guard, the Royal Norwegian Air Force's 330 Squadron, which operates the Westland Sea King SAR helicopters, the Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue and other governmental, commercial and volunteer resources. Communication can be relayed via Telenor Maritime Radio and Avinor's air traffic control. The rest of the country is covered by the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre of Northern Norway.
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