A large wildfire that broke out in a U.S. California national marine park is suspected to have originated from a distress ...
Fire on Santa Rosa Island in Channel Islands national park becomes state’s largest this year and threatens rare plants ...
Stunning details from the U.S. Coast Guard suggest a stranded sailor’s flares may have sparked a massive California wildfire.
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 United States Coast Guard (USGC) requires boaters to carry several unexpired visual distress signals on board, day and night. Pyrotechnic marine flares are a common type of distress signal, but ...
THE sighting of red flares resulted in Coastguard rescue teams being deployed.
ALBURGH (AP) - The U.S. Coast Guard is planning to monitor northern Lake Champlain after a search prompted by two distress flares turned up nothing. The Coast Guard called the Alburgh Fire Department ...