UK. Kannad Marine distress beacons receive EU Approvals
BYM News (press release)
The two products, from the Kannad Marine range of cutting edge emergency distress beacons, are the Kannad Marine EPIRB (non GPS) in both the manual and ...

False alarm: Beacon found at tip
ABC Local
Authorities are urging people to sensibly dispose of old emergency beacons after an extensive air and land search located an EPIRB device at the Northam ...

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GME EPIRB credited for saving all 64 in schoolship sinking.
Sail World
But a GME AccuSat MT403FF EPIRB self-released, as designed, automatically activated, and triggered a rescue operation which saved all 64 crew. ...

Barrington Tops canyoners saved by beacon
Newcastle Herald
By 11pm, the party had set off an EPIRB (emergency beacon), sending the Hunter Westpac rescue helicopter into the Barrington Tops to look for the missing ...
Rescue operation of four bushwalkers – Barrington MountainsNSW Police Online (press release)
Barrington Tops canyoners rescuedNewcastle Herald

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Boaters must be pro-active with EPIRB maintenance
Cowes Online
Industry expert Sartech has warned that consumer apathy and data protection rules could scupper effective emergency responses for EPIRB owners. ...

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Two rescued in Bass Strait
Tasmania Mercury
... aged in their 50s, from the water off the Gippsland coast just before noon yesterday after they set off an EPIRB distress signal. ...
Helicopter rescues two from sinking boatNinemsn

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