Question 479 Deck Safety

The correct answer is A) Your position by latitude and longitude. When broadcasting a distress message from a survival craft, your location is the most essential information for rescuers. Knowing your precise coordinates allows search and rescue teams to quickly locate and respond to your emergency. The other choices, while potentially useful, are secondary to providing your exact position. Your latitude and longitude give rescuers the critical starting point to initiate a search and get help to you as soon as possible. The nature of the distress, your radio call sign, and the time of day are all helpful supplementary details, but your location is the paramount piece of information needed by your rescuers.