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    The Directorate General of Shipping is concerned with the excessive number of false distress alerts detected from 406 MHz EPIRBs, which impose an unnecessary burden on rescue coordination centers and could impact real distress situations. The IMO adopted Resolution A.814(19) with guidelines to avoid false alerts, and ship owners are urged to ensure EPIRBs comply with these guidelines. Specifically, manufacturers should design EPIRBs so they must be immersed in water as well as removed from their bracket to activate automatically, and require a two-step process for manual activation.

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    The Directorate General of Shipping is concerned with the excessive number of false distress alerts detected from 406 MHz EPIRBs, which impose an unnecessary burden on rescue coordination centers and could impact real distress situations. The IMO adopted Resolution A.814(19) with guidelines to avoid false alerts, and ship owners are urged to ensure EPIRBs comply with these guidelines. Specifically, manufacturers should design EPIRBs so they must be immersed in water as well as removed from their bracket to activate automatically, and require a two-step process for manual activation.

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    The Directorate General of Shipping is concerned with the excessive number of false distress alerts detected from 406 MHz EPIRBs, which impose an unnecessary burden on rescue coordination centers and could impact real distress situations. The IMO adopted Resolution A.814(19) with guidelines to avoid false alerts, and ship owners are urged to ensure EPIRBs comply with these guidelines. Specifically, manufacturers should design EPIRBs so they must be immersed in water as well as removed from their bracket to activate automatically, and require a two-step process for manual activation.

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    The Directorate General of Shipping is concerned with the excessive number of false distress alerts detected from 406 MHz EPIRBs, which impose an unnecessary burden on rescue coordination centers and could impact real distress situations. The IMO adopted Resolution A.814(19) with guidelines to avoid false alerts, and ship owners are urged to ensure EPIRBs comply with these guidelines. Specifically, manufacturers should design EPIRBs so they must be immersed in water as well as removed from their bracket to activate automatically, and require a two-step process for manual activation.

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    M.S.

    Notice 18 of 1998

    Subject : False Distress Alerts from 406 MHz EPIRB.

    In continuation of M. S. Notice 5 & 14 of 1998 the Directorate General of Shipping is concerned with the
    excessive number of false distress alerts which are being detected frequently. The false distress alerts
    impose a considerable & unnecessary burden on Rescue Coordination Centers (RCCs). These may
    have adverse effects on seafarers' confidence in the GMDSS and could also have a potentially serious
    impact on a real distress situation and on safety of life at sea.

    In this connection, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has adopted Resolution A.814(19).

    The Directorate General of Shipping urges all ship owners to ensure that EPIRBs fitted on board their
    ships comply with the GUIDELINES FOR AVO1D1NG FALSE DISTRESS ALERTS as annexed to the
    above-referred Resolution.

    In this connection, ship owners' attention is specially invited to Guideline 2.4 of the above-referred
    Resolution.

    "MANUFACTURERS, SUPPLIERS AND INSTALLERS SHOULD: ENSURE THAT THE SATELLITE


    EPIRB POSITION ON BOARD, INSTALLATIONS (INCLUDING THE RELEASEAND ACTIVATION
    MECHANISMS) AND HANDLING PROCEDURES PRECLUDE UNWANTED ACTIVATION
    (DESIGNING THE EPIRB SO THAT WHEN IT IS OUT OF ITS BRACKET IT MUST ALSO BE
    IMMERSED IN WATER TO ACTIVATE AUTOMATICALLY, AND SO THAT, WHEN OPERATED
    MANUALLY, A TWO-STEP ACTIVATION ACTION IS REQUIRED) "

    Sd/-
    (Capt. R. K. Awasthi)
    Nautical Surveyor

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