Marine flares required to be carried on most boats are rarely fired in non-emergency situations. Firing a marine safety flare is like calling “911” or pulling a fire-alarm box – it is serious business ...

MIAMI (AP) — A boating safety organization is working with the U.S. Coast Guard to develop a program to safely dispose of expired flares. The Sea Tow Foundation announced Tuesday that it is launching ...

Visual distress signals (VDS) are mandatory on most boats but hopefully never needed. VDS come in various flavors. You should not only check at the start of every season to make sure your flares are ...

The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a boat that appears to have sunk about two miles off the Oregon coast on Thursday night. Someone on shore saw four or five flares apparently being shot from the ...

COOS BAY — In celebration of Safe Boating Week, the Coos Bay Power Squadron will offer a free flare and visual distress signal shoot and demonstration from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 16, at the ...

Police in Bangor are appealing for information following the theft of flares from a boat moored in the marina area in the early hours of Saturday, August 2. At around 3:20am, police received a report ...

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