Some people have a lot of confusion about the use of EPIRBs and PLBs and the mechanisms by which they work. Emergency beacons transmitting an SOS signal along with GPS coordinates became available in ...

Boaters operating offshore should seriously consider carrying additional equipment beyond the minimum federal requirements. This equipment should include appropriate communications gear, an emergency ...

No one wants to use a satellite distress beacon or other electronic emergency communications device, but prudent seamanship dictates having one or more on board in the event of a worst-case scenario.

Signaling devices, electronic and otherwise, prove critical to summon assistance in an emergency. And it is a good idea to keep them all together in a ditch bag you can grab quickly. ACR makes the ...

McMurdo, a maker of emergency position indicating radio beacons (EPIRBs), personal location beacons (PLBs), search-and-rescue transponders (SARTs) and other search-and-rescue devices, has announced ...

There is one small accessory that can easily mean the difference between survival while awaiting rescue and simply not making it. A life raft is essential, but the US Coast Guard has to be able to ...

The McMurdo range of Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs), Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs) and Automatic Identification System (AIS) MOB devices will be on display in booth D92 at the ...