🔍 Key Concepts

• Radiotelephone priority calls and their meanings (MAYDAY, PAN-PAN, SECURITE) • The difference between distress, urgency, and safety traffic in GMDSS/radio procedures • Which call is used when there is no immediate danger to life, but the situation is serious and needs prompt attention

💭 Think About

• First, list from highest to lowest priority: MAYDAY, PAN-PAN, SECURITE. Which one matches a situation where life is already in grave and imminent danger? • Think about a medical emergency or serious breakdown where you need help quickly, but the vessel is not yet sinking and no one is in the water. Which call word is used for that level of seriousness? • Which of the choices (All clear, Urgency, Safety, Distress) best matches the standard definition for the call that starts with PAN-PAN repeated three times?

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify which call word (MAYDAY, PAN-PAN, SECURITE) is associated with distress traffic • Verify which word is used to precede navigational or meteorological safety information broadcasts • Match PAN-PAN to its official category: is it linked to distress, urgency, or safety messages?