Making a safety call

Safety calls should be used when there is an important navigational warning or meteorological forecast/broadcast. Safety alerts can also be used for communications during search and rescue operations.

Safety callMakingFrom the All ships call menu: Menu > DSC Calls > All ships call.

  1. Select Safety.
  2. Select the channel for subsequent communication.

    The call is transmitted. Once the call has been successfully transmitted ‘Sent’ is displayed onscreen and the channel is changed to the specified channel.

  3. Press the OK button.
  4. Press and hold the PTT button and speak the following message:

    SECURITE, SECURITE, SECURITE

    ALL STATIONS, ALL STATIONS, ALL STATIONS

    This is — MMSI of your vessel, name of your vessel repeated 3 times, call sign of your vessel.

    Position — Your vessel’s position.

    Reason for call — state the reason for the safety call.

    OUT