EPIRB

EMERGENCY POSITION INDICATING RADIO BEACON

 IS INTENDED TO BE CARRIED BY SOLAS AND NON SOLAS VESSELS

IS CONSIDERED AS ONE SHOT DEVICE, SINCE WHEN ACTIVATED, STARTS

TRANSMITTING EMERGENCY ALERTS

WORKS BEST WHEN FLOATING IN WATER

 48 HOURS MINIMUM TIME OF TRANSMISSION

6 YEARS OF BATTERY LIFE

CAN OPERATE ON TEMPERATURES -20 UP TO +55 DEGS

WILL AUTOMATICALLY RELEASE IF 4 METERS UNDER WATER

COSPAS SARSAT SYSTEM

IT IS WHERE THE EIRB SEND DISTRESS EMERGENCY ALERTS AND WHICH CAN
DETERMINE YOUR POSITION ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

IN MOST CASES 1ST EMERGENCY ALERT IS RECEIVED WITHIN 5 MINUTES AFTER

ACTIVATION UP TO 45 MINUTES SOMETIMES

WHEN THE RCC RECEIVED THE EMERGENCY ALERT MESSAGE IT IS CROSSED

REFERENCE BY A UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ( UIN )
UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

VESSEL NAME MV TEST

EPIRB 1
UIN 2DCC664FA4FFBFF
FLAG 366- USA
SERIAL 26578
CATEGORY 1 AUTO
CLASS 2 -20 +55C
 THE DETAILS WILL NOW BE FORWARDED TO THE APPROPRIATE SEARCH AND
RESCUE TEAMS

EIRB ALSO HAVE A SECONDATY HOMING TRANSMITTER WHICH ALLOWS SAR

TEAMS TO FIND OR HOME THE OSITION OF THE EPIRB
CONTROLS AND INDICATIONS

MANUAL
ACTIVATION

SWITCH
PROTECTED BY A TEAR OFF ANTI TAMPER TAB
BREAK TAB, PUSH SWITCH TO THE LEFT TO ACTIVATE MANUALLY
STROBE LIGHT

FLASHING SIGNAL LIGHT VISIBLE THROUGH CLEAR LENS DOME WHEN EPIRB
IS SET TO ON

ONE FLASH EVERY THREE SECONDS AND WILL PAUSE FOR FIFTY SECONDS
MEANS 1 TRANSMISSION OF 406 MHZ IS MADE
AUTO SEA SWITCH

TWO STUDS AT THE SIDE OF THE EPIRB

MAGNETIC SWITCH ACTIVATE AND PLACE THE EPIRB TO A READY STATE. IT

SHOULD BE TWO SECONDS IN WATER BEFORE AUTOMATICALLY ACTIVATED
AND SHOULD BE DRY FOR 8 SECONDS TO STOP.
RED LED

APPEARS WHEN EPIRB IS ON, IT WILL START TO FLASH SLOWLY UNTIL THE FIRST
TRANSMISSION IS MADE
SELF TEST

PUSH AND HOLD THE TEST BUTTON DOWN UNTIL RED LED LIGHT INDICATOR
APPEARS

A SUCCESFUL SELF TEST WILL RESULT IN THE RED LED AND STROBE OF LIGHT
FLASHING TOGRTHER A NUMBER OF TIMES
INDICATORS

BATTERY LIFE NUMBER OF FLASHES

0-4 3
4-6 2
MORE THAN 6 1

SHOULD BE DONE 12 TIMES A YEAR

72 TIMES IN 6 YEAR BATTERY LIFE