Question 249 Deck Safety

The correct answer is D) All of the above. Portable survival craft transceivers, such as those used on life rafts or lifeboats, are designed to be able to communicate with several different stations to facilitate rescue and survival operations. Specifically, these transceivers can communicate: 1) With rescue units (such as Coast Guard vessels or aircraft) to alert them to the survival craft's location and distress situation (option A). 2) With the ship or vessel that the survival craft was launched from, to coordinate rescue efforts (option B). 3) Between different survival craft in the same area, allowing them to share information and coordinate their response (option C). Therefore, the portable survival craft transceivers have the capability to communicate with all of these different stations, making option D the correct and comprehensive answer.