What types of maritime emergencies does the Emergency Response Centre (ERC) deal with?
- Australia’s Emergency Response Centre (ERC) primarily deals with detecting distress beacons that have been activated, carrying out searches for missing vessels, medical evacuations, vessel tracking and safety watches.
- It is estimated that the ERC is responsible for approximately 10 000 maritime incidents each year with approximately 500 of these constituting searches for vessels in distress.
- The ERC is credited with saving on average 300 lives each year.
Read some more FAQS from our Admiralty & Maritime section