Tag: flares
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…
Flares aid rescue of merchant crew
The crew of a merchant ship that sank in Tunisia has been rescued after the coast guard responded to flares. The seven crew members from…
Senior uses flares in sea rescue after five days
alsoAn elderly sailor from British Columbia, Canada, who drifted in a raft in the Caribbean Sea for five days, used flares to summon help. Don…
Overdue mariners rescued thanks to flares
Five overdue mariners on a leisure boat in Florida have been rescued after their distress flares were seen by a US Coast Guard aircrew. The…
Torbay yacht skipper rescued in storm after flares seen
The skipper of a Torbay yacht that ran into problems during Storm Arwen has been rescued after using flares. The red flares were seen off…
Flares help save two lives in tragic boat collision
Two people have been saved after flares helped alert rescuers to a boat collision on Lake Erie in which one person tragically died and one…
Two men in water spotted thanks to flares
After their boat capsized in Georgia, USA, two men were saved thanks to firing flares. The pair were spotted by a Coast Guard Air Station…
Check your flares expiry date, says RNLI
Make sure you regularly review the expiry date on each of your marine flares, the RNLI advises. During man overboard training conducted by Clwb Rhwyfo…
Illuminating flares used in rescue of six
Illuminating flares have been used in a nighttime rescue of six mariners in a boat that ran aground off Maui, Hawaii. They were used by…
Shetland flares amnesty attracts 700 items
More than 700 expired marine pyrotechnics were handed into Orkney and Shetland Coastguard in the UK during a September Flares Amnesty Day. A total of…
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