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 ...

The EPIRB device, above, is designed to transmit a distress signal for mariners in trouble to emergency responders anywhere in the world through a satellite system called COPAS-SARSAT. Coast Guard Lt.

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 ...

Police have recovered an item belonging to missing game fisherman Ashley Haigh, as the search effort changes focus.

Hogan said with an EPIRB, Miele would have been found within an hour after giving it an instant push of a button. The device is designed to send signals to a satellite, which lets crews reliably find ...

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 ...

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 ...