Tag: PainsWessex
PWC-users urged to carry mini flares
Personal watercraft (PWC)-users have been advised to carry safety equipment, including mini flares, after two Sea-Doo riders crashed onto rocks in West Bay, Dorset. One…
Smoke flare aids coast guard rescue in Queensland
Four men have been rescued after setting off a smoke flare when their boat capsized off the Queensland coast, in Australia. The water police asked…
Smoke flare helps helicopter crew in rescue
A smoke flare helped a helicopter land in windy conditions and rescue a man who had slipped down a cliff near Seaton Sluice, at Hartley…
USCG advises boaters to wear lifejackets and carry flares
Following the rescue of some crew members from a capsized rig off Louisiana, a US Coast Guard has advised all boaters to wear lifejackets and…
Red flares aid fishermen’s rescue in South Africa
After their boat capsized, two fishermen fired red flares, which led to their rescue off the Western Cape, in South Africa. One morning in March,…
Spearfishermen saved by flare in drowning and shark scare
Two spearfishermen have been re-united with water police officers who saved them from a potential shark attack or drowning after a flare was fired. Matty…
Flares tested in night-time Newcastle RNLI sea training
Newcastle RNLI crews have returned to training on the sea for the first time after UK COVID restrictions were lifted and tested their flares at…
Sailors’ Society helps release crew stranded on ship for two years
Four Indian sailors who spent two years stranded “like modern day slaves” on a ship in Mumbai in horrific conditions have finally gone home, thanks…
Only the best marine safety pyros for Atlantic ‘dinghy with a lid’ adventure
With his first child on the way, ocean adventurer John-Kenneth D. Habbershaw Jnr. only wants the best marine pyrotechnics for his 3,000-mile ‘dinghy with a…
Training exercise involved white flares
Jersey RNLI crew members have carried out a man overboard exercise involving white collision avoidance flares. Jersey Coastguard warned beforehand that the flares being used…
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