“The advancement of Coast Guard missions to enhance maritime safety, protect the environment, and provide better electronic visual distress signal devices for recreational boaters that are safer to ...

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to establish a new lighting system that is universally recognized as an urgent call for help," said an inventor, from Brampton, ON, Canada, "so I ...

Visual distress signals (VDS) are mandatory on most boats but hopefully never needed. VDS come in various flavors. You should not only check at the start of every season to make sure your flares are ...

According to ACR, the ResQFlare and Distress Flag “provide a complete distress signaling solution that is certified to meet U.S. Coast Guard requirements as a reliable and highly efficient alternative ...

LITTLE ROCK — For fear of getting a ticket, many boaters on lakes DeGray and Ouachita have purchased visual distress signals in the past couple of months. Evidently, this run on flares and flags ...

The United States Coast Guard (USGC) requires boaters to carry several unexpired visual distress signals on board, day and night. Pyrotechnic marine flares are a common type of distress signal, but ...

The distress signal CQD originated from the signal CQ, expressing "seeking you," or "all stations." The signal CQ was commonly used among wireless operators -- and land-based telegraphers before them ...

Best known for its appearances in desert-island cartoons, maritime movies and earworms by ABBA and Rihanna, the word SOS has been used as a code for emergency distress signals since 1905. If you’re ...