BASIC MARINE COMMUNICATIONS

The new "BASIC MARINE COMMUNICATIONS" video covers the evolution of boat-to-boat and boat-to-shore communications. Viewers will learn about VHF-DSC marine radios. EPIRBs, PLBs, and the new I-911 system. Also featured are tips for best practices. Learn more at bit.ly/BoatingEd. Join USPS at bit.ly/JoinUSPS.

[@marshalltyler7110]

What is the exact name of the USCG I-911 smartphone application? What does the image associated with the app look like?

[@AmericasBoatingChannel]

There is no app for consumers, you just dial 911 from your cellphone on a boat. First responders are equipped with a web-based app to track your call.

[@marshalltyler7110]

@@AmericasBoatingChannel thanks. Why did you call it "I-911" and just not say to call 911?

[@AmericasBoatingChannel]

@@marshalltyler7110 Fair question and reasonable suggestion. Thank you for both. It's a new and unfamiliar system to many of our viewers and in introducing it we used the term "i911" given it by its technology developers and first-responder customers to distinguish it from traditional "911," which lacks the GPS accessing web interface, etc.