Official 406 MHz Ship Security Alert System Registration

Mail or Fax to:
SARSAT Beacon Registration
NOAA NSOF, E/SPO53
1315 East West Hwy
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Fax No. 301-817-4565

Beacon ID (Unique Identification Number)
(15-digit hexadecimal ID provided by the beacon manufacturer)

For manufacturer's use only.

If you do not receive a hardcopy confirmation of your registration from NOAA within 2 weeks, please email
[email protected] or call 1.888.212.SAVE (7283).
For information on the U.S. Search & Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking (SARSAT) system, please visit www.sarsat.noaa.gov

OMB Auth. (0648-0295) Expires: 31DEC2020
Rev. 12/2017

Important Notice - Please Read Before Completing Your Registration
Registration is an important facet for all Cospas-Sarsat 406 MHz emergency beacons. Not only is it required by Federal Regulations
but the information you furnish is used by Search and Rescue (SAR) agencies in the event of beacon activation. Registration
information is an important tool to assist the United States Coast Guard, United States Air Force, and other SAR agencies in locating
and quickly responding to you, your vessel, or your aircraft. Failure to register your beacon or update your registration information
may delay a rescue response. Accurate, up-to-date registration information is used to conserve resources by helping to eliminate false
alert deployments, as an inadvertent activation can be resolved with a phone call when the beacon is properly registered.
There is no charge for beacon registration. This is a service provided by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA).
All online registrations are entered into the National 406 MHz Beacon Registration Database on the same day of entry. Registration
forms received via postal mail, email, or fax are entered into the database within 2 business days of receipt. A confirmation letter with
your completed registration information is sent to you immediately via email. In addition, a hardcopy of the confirmation letter will be
sent to you via postal mail and should arrive within 2 weeks (if you have not provided an email address, you will only receive this
hardcopy). If your beacon is an EPIRB, PLB, or SSAS, a NOAA Registration Decal will be included on your hardcopy confirmation
letter; please affix the decal to your beacon in such a way that it is clearly visible. (ELT owners do not receive decals.) Upon receipt
of your registration confirmation, please review all information. If changes or updates are necessary, you can make them online or by
sending them to us via email, fax, or postal mail. If you have NOT RECEIVED your registration confirmation within 2 weeks,
please email or call us (contact information below).
Failure to register, re-register (as required every 2 years), or to notify NOAA of any changes to the status of your
406 MHz beacon could result in penalties and/or fines being issued under Federal Law. More importantly, failure to maintain
accurate and complete information could result in a delayed response by rescue forces.
The owner or user of a beacon is required to notify NOAA immediately of any changes to the registration information at any time. By
submitting this registration the owner, operator, or legally authorized agent declares under penalty of law that all information in the
registration information is true, accurate, and complete. Providing information that is knowingly false or inaccurate may be punishable
under Federal Statutes. Solicitation of this information is authorized by Title 47, Part 87 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) and the U.S. Office of Management & Budget (OMB) Control Number: 0648-0295. Additional registration forms can be found
on the NOAA-SARSAT Beacon Registration website.
Please note that NOAA will complement or update your registration information if your registration is outdated and credible
information is provided from other sources. NOAA will also seek information from other databases to update and/or complement the
existing information for an expired beacon registration. Although the information provided will become a matter of public record,
there is no intent to circulate beyond its intended purpose--to assist SAR agencies in carrying out their mission. False alerts remain a
chief concern for SAR agencies. Please carefully refer to the beacon’s user manual for instructions on properly operating, installing,
testing, performing required maintenance, and/or stowage of your beacon. These are important factors in reducing the number of false
alerts. Please use the utmost care at all times!
A Federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for
failure to comply with an information collection subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 unless the
information collection has a currently valid OMB Control Number. The approved OMB Control Number for this information
collection is 0648-0295. Without this approval, we could not conduct this information collection Public reporting for this information
collection is estimated to be approximately 15 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing
data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the information collection. All responses to
this information collection are mandatory pursuant to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations at 47 CFR 80.1061,
47 CFR 87.199, and 47 CFE 95.1402. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this information
collection, including suggestions for reducing this burden to:
SARSAT Beacon Registration
NOAA/SARSAT
NSOF, E/SPO53
1315 East West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910

NOAA SARSAT Beacon Registration Database
www.beaconregistration.noaa.gov | [email protected]
Toll-Free: 1.888.212.7283 (SAVE) | Local: 301.817.4515 | Fax: 301.817.4565