Distress flares are vital to boating safety, but pyrotechnic flares can pose a safety hazard to people not trained in their use. In addition, expired flares can create environmental hazards through ...

A total of three combination day/night visual signals may be substituted for this requirement. There are basically two types of distress signals: pyrotechnic and non-pyrotechnic.

A rule established in 2015 required visual distress signals west of the tips of the jetties for Oregon’s coastal bays, except in the Columbia. The rule change would remove the exemption to be ...

The first wireless distress signal to be sent from an American ship at sea occurred six years later, in 1905. "Relief Ship Number 58," a lightship anchored off Nantucket island, sent out the signal.