JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Two weeks ago the fishing boat Carol Ann was supposed to be back in Brunswick, GA after a 4 day fishing trip. In that time the Coast Guard has called off its search and the ...

Personal locator beacons (PLBs) and emergency position-indicating radio beacons (EPIRBs) are tools that most boaters hope they will never have to use, but they can literally save your life. Able to ...

When you’re out in the bush or at sea and you’re lost or someone in your group has suffered life-threatening injuries and all of your other forms of communication – mobile phone, satellite phone – are ...

An EPIRB is meant to help rescuers locate you in an emergency. We don’t know if the missing firefighters’ boat had this device onboard. “If you’re offshore and you end up in a situation where you need ...

In the worst case at sea there may be no time to send a distress call. This explains how EPIRB beacons automatically activate, transmit to COSPAS SARSAT satellites, and provide the position and vessel ...

A Bundaberg rider says he probably owes his life to a $290 Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon or EPIRB after crashing his Honda 1200X Crossrunner adventure bike in bull dust in north ...

Every year the Coast Guard makes thousands of phone calls to mariners, boat owners and emergency points of contact in response to receiving distress alerts from emergency position indicating radio ...

ACR Electronics and Ocean Signal announced the development of next generation EPIRBs. Introducing integrated AIS (Automatic Identification System) within their EPIRBs for the first time in conjunction ...

Florida House Bill CS-CS-HB 427 was approved by Gov. Rick Scott in March and went into effect Friday. Better known as the EPIRB law, the legislation reduces registration fees for vessels equipped with ...

Tasmania's marine safety authority is pushing for a disposal system for old emergency beacons after a false alarm caused a nationally coordinated response over the weekend. The false alarm was caused ...