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The distress alert was vital in providing us critical information to rapidly deploy a helicopter crew to assist.
Watchstanders received an emergency position-indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) activation and coordinated the launch of a helicopter crew.
The Rescue Team coordinator said the pair set off their personal locator beacon after realizing they couldn’t go on due to severe exhaustion.
The injured party was able to signal for help using a Garmin In Reach Personal Locator Beacon (PLB).
The group of four activated a personal locator beacon, and two bushwalkers have been rescued by helicopter.
A Rescue Coordination Centre coordinated the “multi-agency response” after a beacon was activated by a kayaking group member.
RCCNZ senior search and rescue officer received an ELT (electronic locator transmitter) alert, which is automatically triggered in a crash.
Lane County Sheriff’s Office received a notification from an emergency distress GPS beacon.
The group had logged their bar crossing, worn lifejackets, and activated their PLB - all actions that made a swift recovery possible.
