Tag: USCG
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…
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…
USCG finds disabled boat that fired flare off Florida
A red flare helped United States Coast Guards rescue two people in a disabled boat off the Florida coast. USCG Air Station Clearwater and Miami…
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…
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…
Flare helps rescue California fishermen from blazing boat
Rescuers used a flare to help rescue seven commercial fishermen whose boat caught fire off the California coast. The rescue of the crew of the…
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…
Red flare ‘extremely helpful’ in jet-skier rescue
A red flare was “extremely helpful” in alerting US search and rescue teams to an overdue jet-skier off Maui, Hawaii. US Coast Guard Sector Honolulu…
Flares aid NY fishermen rescue
Three fishermen have been rescued from their sinking boat in New York by Coast Guards with the help of flares. One evening late in June,…
Hawaii-bound kayaker adventurer rescued with help from hand flare
A world-record adventurer has been rescued during a solo kayaker challenge from California to Hawaii after signalling with a hand flare. Cyril Derreumaux had spent…
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