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Emergency aid at sea and in transboundary water bodies
In distress at sea or in any other dangerous situation:
• Contact with border guard or emergency centre (look at the essential contacts);
• Assist those who are in distress at sea;
• Launch SOS signal (red flare);
• Don`t cause more danger for your own or anybody other`s life.
Technical assistance for floating vessel
Rescue and Coordination Centre JRCC Tallinn shall respond to all the emergency signals with utmost attention. In case of accident at sea, the duty officer shall address every case separately in order to decide which kind of backup must be sent to the accident place.
Every skipper shall be responsible for himself and his own vessel: for technical condition and navigation equipment and for sufficient supply of fuel. In Estonia, the technical assistance for the floating vessels is not regulated by the law.
