Distress, Alarm, Urgency and Safety Procedures

  1. Law
  2. CFR 47
  3. Telecommunication
  4. Federal Communications Commission
  5. Safety and Special Radio Services
  6. Stations in the Maritime Services
  7. Safety Watch Requirements and Procedures
  8. Distress, Alarm, Urgency and Safety Procedures

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Section
80.311

Authority for distress transmission.

Section
80.312

Priority of distress transmissions.

Section
80.313

Frequencies for use in distress.

Section
80.314

Distress communications.

Section
80.317

Radiotelegraph and radiotelephone alarm signals.

Section
80.318

Use of alarm signals.

Section
80.319

Radiotelegraph distress call and message transmission procedure.

Section
80.320

Radiotelephone distress call and message transmission procedure.

Section
80.321

Acknowledgement of receipt of distress message.

Section
80.322

Form of acknowledgement.

Section
80.323

Information furnished by an acknowledging station.

Section
80.324

Transmission of distress message by station not itself in distress.

Section
80.325

Control of distress traffic.

Section
80.326

Notification of resumption of normal working.

Section
80.327

Urgency signals and messages.

Section
80.329

Safety signals and messages.

Section
80.331

Bridge-to-bridge communication procedure.

Section
80.332

Equipment to aid search and rescue operations.

Section
80.333

Stations in the maritime mobile-satellite service.

Section
80.334

False distress alerts.

Section
80.335

Procedures for canceling false distress alerts.