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Flare helps RNLI spot person in the water
RNLI personnel located and saved a person in the water near Clacton, Essex, after a flare was launched to illuminate the sea. Clacton RNLI was…
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Kayakers in difficulty fire hand flare to summon help
Two kayakers in difficulty summoned help from rescue services in Still Bay, South Africa, using a hand-held flare. NSRI Jeffreys Bay was asked to help…
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Skye mountain rescue team uses flares in injured hiker rescue
Flares have been used to guide a rescue helicopter and airlift an injured walker to hospital who suffered a three-metre fall on the Isle of…
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Flares bring help to boater in a medical emergency
After his boat engine failed, a lone boater who suffered a medical emergency fired flares to alert search and rescue teams. The incident happened at…
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Flare helps coast guard find two people in disabled boat near Miami
Two people on a disabled boat off the coast near Miami, USA, used a flare to help the coast guard locate them. The boat failed…
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Flares aid rescue of two people from burning boat
Two people have been rescued from a burning boat off the Welsh coast after summoning help using flares. A man and a woman were saved…
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Search and rescue team uses smoke flares to mark drifting kayak
A search and rescue team has used smoke flares to mark a drifting inflatable kayak at West Kilbride, Scotland. Largs RNLI Atlantic 85 lifeboat was…
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Include flares in survival kit, say US Coast Guards
After rescuing an 81-year-old man from a sinking boat, US Coast Guards advised mariners to include flares in their survival kit. The man’s boat started…
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No substitute for conventional pyrotechnic flares, says MCA guidance
There is no substitute for conventional pyrotechnic flares for commercial and leisure sailors, says the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). Conventional flares produce an…
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Pains Wessex launches sustainable Flare Kit Refill Packs
New sustainable Flare Kit Refill Packs have been launched by Pains Wessex. Customers can now purchase flare packs without a plastic polybottle in the Inshore…
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