Tag: parachute flares
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…
Parachute flares help get 11 vessels to safety in storm
Eleven vessels made it safely across a treacherous Coos Bay Bar, Oregon, USA, during a January storm following the light from parachute flares. US Coast…
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…
Parachute flares and orange smokes in firefighters’ rescue equipment
Parachute flares and floating orange smoke signals are part of new rescue kit given to firefighters in the Indian district of Ernakulam. The donation totals…
Parachute flares assist night time rescue
Parachute flares helped rescue teams find a person in the water at darkness in Ireland. Late one night in November, Girvan’s Shannon Class all-weather Lifeboat…
Parachute flares help locate dinghy at night
Search and Rescue crews used parachute flares to locate a dinghy at night. It was on the Solish Sea on the border of Canada and…
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