Some people have a lot of confusion about the use of EPIRBs and PLBs and the mechanisms by which they work. Emergency beacons transmitting an SOS signal along with GPS coordinates became available in ...

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 ...

Signaling devices, electronic and otherwise, prove critical to summon assistance in an emergency. And it is a good idea to keep them all together in a ditch bag you can grab quickly. ACR makes the ...

GME is the only Australian manufacturer of UHF CB radios and emergency beacon products and has been delivering industry-leading RF communication devices for over 60 years. When it comes to a personal ...

Personal locator beacons are emergency devices that broadcast a distress signal on a specific radio frequency. Learn more about PLBs here. [Credit: iStock] Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs) are ...

There is one small accessory that can easily mean the difference between survival while awaiting rescue and simply not making it. A life raft is essential, but the US Coast Guard has to be able to ...

If you regularly boat far from shore, an EPIRB ranks as an essential safety item. Yet if you have one, aren’t PLBs a waste of money? Not really. PLB stands for personal locator beacon, and that’s an ...

After a spate of rescues from Australia's wilderness in recent weeks — including some with tragic outcomes in Tasmania and success after a two-week search in Kosciuszko National Park— authorities are ...