Tag: coastguard
Benefit of flares to Round the Island race competitors
Carrying flares helps Round the Island Race competitors to be found and rescued more quickly if they get into trouble. So says Lymington RNLI volunteer…
Illuminating flares used in missing person search
RNLI teams used illuminating flares to search for a person in the water in Cornwall, one night in April. Newquay RNLI Lifeboat crew were called…
White flare used in beach search
A white flare was used by Southend-on-Sea RNLI and Coastguards in an extensive beach search one evening in February. A member of the public said…
Watertight flare box key part of Bermuda rescue
A watertight flare box enabled two men to be rescued from rough seas in Bermuda after their fishing boat sank. The 34-foot Sea Scorpion was struck…
Parachute flare helps find injured NZ boaters in fog
Three boaters were rescued in challenging conditions and located through a parachute flare after they were injured when their vessel ran into difficulties. The launch…
Yacht crew in trouble rescued by RNLI after firing flares
Search and rescue teams launched to a yacht crew member in trouble at Whithorn Harbour, Scotland, that was firing flares. Kirkcudbright RNLI was sent, along…
Coastguards use parachute flare to rescue climbers at night
Coastguards rescued climbers in trouble on cliffs in Cumbria, UK, at night after using a parachute flare to find them. Two climbers had been bouldering…
Illuminating flare leads to vital decision in sea rescue
An illuminating flare helped coastguards make an important decision in a rescue of a woman trapped by a rising tide in Cornwall on Boxing Day.…
Flares lead RNLI to drifting fishing boat
The crew of a fishing boat that drifted for eight hours after breaking down off the Wales coast, signalled their position to rescuers using flares.…
Flares play a key part in three UK rescues involving children
In a nighttime rescue of two adults, two young children and their dog on a disabled sailing boat at Fowey, RNLI crew used parachute flares…
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