Our Role in Marine Radio

Situations that may arise include, but are not limited to:

• A scenario where the vessel's master believes there is grave or imminent danger

• A vessel hull damage that is at risk of sinking

• A sinking vessel whose passengers and crew are abandoning ship

• A vessel that has experienced mechanical or equipment failure, cannot maintain its course, and is drifting or at the mercy of wind and tide

• A vessel with injured or ill persons on board

• A vessel whose commander, responsible for safe navigation, is injured or incapacitated, with no one else on board capable of safely navigating back to port

• A vessel that has run aground and is unable to free itself

• An aircraft that has crashed or made an emergency water landing

• Individuals have fallen overboard

• Individuals in distress in the water

• A missing or overdue vessel or individuals on the water, reported as such to the appropriate agency

• Assisting other emergency services during disaster events upon request