What action(s) should be taken when...

What action(s) should be taken when...

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What action(s) should be taken when abandoning ship?

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What action(s) should be taken when abandoning ship?

🔍 Key Concepts

• EPIRB (Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon) purpose and when it should be activated • Role of SART (Search and Rescue Transponder) and other survival craft communications equipment • The sequence of actions during abandon ship to help rescuers locate you quickly

💭 Think About

• In an abandon-ship situation, when is the earliest practical time that you can start transmitting a distress signal that will continue even if you are separated from the vessel? • Which equipment (EPIRB, SART, VHF-DSC, SCT) needs to be physically with the survival craft to remain useful after the ship is lost? • Think about what happens if the ship sinks with key equipment still mounted or left onboard—will rescuers still find the people in the survival craft?

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify where an EPIRB should ideally be located when people are in survival craft (on the ship vs. with survivors). • Check how VHF-DSC alerts and EPIRB signals complement each other in distress situations and which can operate unattended for a long time. • Confirm whether SART and any survival craft transceivers (SCT) are intended to be used from the ship or from the liferaft/boat.