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emergency position-indicating radio beacon
Definição1
A device, usually carried on board maritime craft, that transmits a distress signal that alerts search and rescue authorities and enables rescue units to locate the scene of the distress.
Fonte1
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue Manual. Volume II: Mission Co-ordination. Montreal, 2013. (Doc. 9731)
Fonte2
BRASIL. Comando da Aeronáutica. Departamento de Controle do Espaço Aéreo. CIRCEA 64-1: busca e salvamento - glossário de termos de busca e salvamento aeronáutico. Rio de Janeiro, 2011. Disponível em: http://publicacoes.decea.gov.br/?i=publicacao&id=3649. Acesso em: 15 maio 2014.
Nota Adicional1
Acronym in English: EPIRB.
Nota Adicional2
Information regarding this term is a result of researches developed by DECEA in cooperation with ANAC.
Subárea
Search and Rescue
Français
radiobalise de localisation des sinistres