Are GPS systems reliable?
We recently lost 17 men in Mauritius,during storm!
2007-03-08 19:44:37 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Emergency position-indicating radio beacon (EPIRB).
2007-03-09 00:40:04 · answer #1 · answered by Yak Rider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The key thing is notification to the Coast Guard that the boat went down and where it went down:
An EPIRB and raft with signalling devices for the boat. Survival suits (if water conditions warrant) or flotation for the fisherman. EACH fisherman should also have a strobe light on their flotation device.
I was a US Navy Rescue Swimmer for 10 years, and conducted 14 searches for men overboard or missing vessels... a human head in the water is VERY difficult to locate from the air or water... but a STROBE light, mirror, or other appropriate signalling device makes locating a survivor MUCH easier.
I've also been IN the water (in a raft) following a helo-crash... we sat in the lovely Pacific about 250 miles south of Hawaii for 4 hours (calm seas, warm water, and night time)... the ship was only 200 yards away and couldn't see us... until we turned on our stobe lights.
To all in peril on the sea...
2007-03-09 01:24:30 · answer #2 · answered by mariner31 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋