Time to respond to an EPIRB

[Uricanejack]

I wasn't really making a specific point.
Just interesting. No time for may day call. Just the EPIRB. I think it was about 24hr before an aircraft spotted the rafts, two ships diverted and all survived.
The Canadian media had a lot to say about the Brazilians at the time. The main thing though was without the EPIRB it would possibly have been a different story.
you can find the report on line at Canada TSB Marine Reports.
or Transportation Saftey Board Canada

 

[prv]

Just interesting. No time for may day call. Just the EPIRB.

Indeed - she was a school ship and my mate was in the classroom having a lesson on an absolutely normal day, when the whole place suddenly turned upside down. He got out from there (it was in a deckhouse) without too much trouble but he was surprised that the off-watch who were mostly asleep below decks all managed to escape before it sank.

Pete

 

[chanelyacht]

Thanks for that ChannelYacht, can you clear up what "run the incident" means?

Continue with search and rescue activities, even preliminary enquiries, until such time as either (a) the casualty is found, (b) the search is terminated, or (c) another competent authority accepts coordination.

 

[Mark-1]

Continue with search and rescue activities, even preliminary enquiries, until such time as either (a) the casualty is found, (b) the search is terminated, or (c) another competent authority accepts coordination.

Imagine a case where a GPS EPIRB is activated at sea within range of Uk Helicopter or RNLI and there is little doubt about the position. Obviously you won't know if it's genuine or not and the contact wouldn't be able to tell you that anyway. Typically, will anything physical be done to retrieve the casualty before the contact has answered their phone?

 

[chanelyacht]

Imagine a case where a GPS EPIRB is activated at sea within range of Uk Helicopter or RNLI and there is little doubt about the position. Obviously you won't know if it's genuine or not and the contact wouldn't be able to tell you that anyway. Typically, will anything physical be done to retrieve the casualty before the contact has answered their phone?

First actions -
Call the vessel
Distress relay to appropriate area,
Collate details of the boat,
Try shore contacts.

(all of that is happening together, not sequentially).

In the scenario you give, yes, I'd be talking to lifeboat DLAs or RAF ARCC for air coverage.

 

[Mark-1]

In the scenario you give, yes, I'd be talking to lifeboat DLAs or RAF ARCC for air coverage.

Phew! Thanks.

 

[chanelyacht]

Phew! Thanks.

Your key bit is it's a GPS EPIRB.

If it was a doppler position first pass, at that point I wouldn't be.

 

[Mark-1]

Your key bit is it's a GPS EPIRB.

If it was a doppler position first pass, at that point I wouldn't be.

Yes, I don't think it would be reasonable to expect a rescue without a position to rescue from.