20. Alerts; What Is An Alert - Furuno FCR-2119-BB Operation Manual

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20. ALERTS

"Alert" is a generic name for a notice to any unusual or potentially dangerous situation

generated within the system.

Alerts are classified according to priority and category.

Alert priority

There are four alert priorities: emergency*, alarm, warning and caution.

* Generated when this radar is connected to an AMS.

Emergency: Immediate danger to human life or to the ship and its machinery exists

and that immediate action must be taken. Emergency alerts are handled the same

as an alarm.

Alarm: Situations or conditions which require immediate attention, decision and (if

necessary) action by the bridge team to avoid any kind of hazardous situation and to

maintain the safe navigation of the ship.

Warning: Conditions or situations which require immediate attention for precautionary

reasons, to make the bridge team aware of conditions which are not immediately haz-

ardous, but may become so.

Caution: Awareness of a condition which continues to require attention out of the or-

dinary consideration of the situation or of given information.

Alert category

An alert is further classified by category, A, B or C, according to its degree of severity

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