(SMC): The suitably trained or qualified official temporarily assigned to coordinate a response to a distress situation. In Australia, the acronym SARMC is also used in some jurisdictions. Some jurisdictions also use the term A/SARMC to describe the SMC's assistants.
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GMDSS
Global Maritime Distress and Safety System a global communications service based upon automated systems, both satellite and terrestrial, to provide distress alerting and promulgation of maritime safety information for mariners
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EPIRB
Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon a device that transmits distress alerting signals via satellites (406 MHz using COSPAS-SARSAT, 1 6 GHz using INMARSAT) and aircraft homing signals on 121 5 MHz
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COSPAS-SARSAT
A satellite system designed to detect distress beacons transmitting on the frequency 406 MHz
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ABANDON VESSEL
To evacuate a vessel from crew and passengers following a distress
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DISTRESS ALERT
A radio signal (GMDSS) from a distressed vessel automatically directed to a RCC giving position, identification, course and speed of the vessel as well as the nature of distress
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CASUALTY
Case of death or serious injury to a person in an accident or shipping disaster, also said of a distressed vessel
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Safety NET
INMARSAT service for promulgating MSI to ships on the high seas, it includes shore-to-ship relays of distress alerts and communications for SAR coordination
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SEA AREA
A defined area under the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) which regulates certain safety and communication equipment necessary according to the area of the ship’s operations. Sea Area A-1 is within coverage of VHF coast radio stations (25-30 miles) providing digital selective calling. Sea Area A-2 is within range of the medium frequency coast radio stations (to approximately 300 miles). Sea Area A-3 is within the footprint of the geostationary INMARSA T communications satellites, covering the rest of the open seas except the poles. Sea Area A-4 covers the rest of the earth, chiefly the polar areas. The areas do not overlap.
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SIGNAL
1. As applied to electronics, any transmitted electrical impulse 2. That which conveys intelligence in any form of communication, such as a time signal or a distress signal.
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SHIP’S EMERGENCY TRANSMITTER
As defined by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) a ship’s transmitter to be used exclusively on a distress frequency for distress, urgency or safety purposes.
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