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NavalSearching until the Coast Guard releases you
The person overboard was not located right away and the Coast Guard and nearby vessels have been notified. Now the vessel keeps searching, stays by the radio when the situation permits and does not stop until the Coast Guard releases it. It is the last step of the federal man overboard procedure for commercial fishing vessels.
Free to startScenarios
- The monthly drill, run on board as if it were a real emergency.
- The Coast Guard answers on the radio.
- Nobody answers the call.
The steps
- Once the Coast Guard and the other vessels nearby are notified, keep searching for the person in the water.
- If the situation permits, stand by the radio to await further communication with the Coast Guard or another vessel.
- If there is no answer, repeat the call, then try another channel.
- Keep searching until the Coast Guard releases you.
Safety rules that stop the station
- The search does not end on the vessel's own decision: only the Coast Guard's release ends it.
To pass
- Search kept up and the radio watched until the Coast Guard released the vessel.
- On inspected vessels, the training material explains the detection equipment for locating survivors and the methods of retrieval, including helicopter rescue gear such as slings, baskets and stretchers, and the vessel's line-throwing apparatus.
- On inspected vessels, it also explains the hazards of exposure and the need for warm clothing, and every crewmember is instructed on hypothermia and its first aid.
Official source
U.S. Coast Guard · 46 CFR 28.265 and 199.180
46 CFR Part 28: Requirements for Commercial Fishing Industry Vessels (28.265 Emergency instructions, 28.270 Instruction, drills, and safety orientation)
The eCFR publishes 46 CFR Part 28 free: the emergency instructions every commercial fishing vessel posts, its lifesaving equipment and the monthly drills.
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