🔍 Key Concepts
• Distress, Urgency, and Safety radiotelephone calls and how they differ in priority
• Standard voice signals used in Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) and VHF procedures
• When each type of call (distress, urgency, safety) should be used according to regulations
💭 Think About
• First, match each word (Mayday, Pan Pan, Securite, Seelonce Feenee) with whether it’s used for distress, urgency, safety, or ending radio silence.
• Think about which situation involves a serious problem that does NOT yet require immediate assistance but is very time-sensitive.
• Ask yourself: which of these calls would you use for a message about the safety of a ship or person that is important but not life-threatening yet?
✅ Before You Answer
• Verify which signal is specifically defined as an urgency signal in radiotelephone procedures (not distress, not safety).
• Check that you are not confusing the distress call (highest priority) with the urgency call (second priority).
• Confirm what Seelonce Feenee is used for; it is not a call to start reporting a problem, but relates to radio silence.