To report a Search and Rescue Emergency By:
Telephone VHF-FM Radio Cellular Phone Email Other Methods
By Telephone |
Look in the front of your telephone directory for an
emergency number listing for the U. S. Coast Guard |
By VHF-FM Radio |
Call U.S. Coast Guard on Channel 16 VHF-FM (156.8 MHz) Emergency
Radio Call Procedures: |
By Cellular Phone |
Look in the front of your telephone directory for an emergency number
listing for the U. S. Coast Guard |
By Email |
Currently the U.S. Coast Guard email system is not set up to accept or respond to emergency SAR messages. If you are in distress or need to report an emergency, do NOT send it via email, contact the Coast Guard via telephone or radio. |
By other methods |
The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) provides a number
of additional means for contacting or alerting SAR authorities. These include
INMARSAT, SARSAT (EPIRBs, ELTs, and PLBs), MF-DSC, HF-DSC, etc. In addition, for vessels or persons in distress there are nationally and internationally accepted/prescribed visual and sound distress signals (flares, horns, mirrors, flashing lights, flags, etc). |