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Every team also has either an emergency position indicating radio beacon or a personal locator beacon
The boaters aboard sailing vessel Faule Haut activated their Electronic Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) Monday night.
Two dinghy sailors who set off their personal locator beacon (PLB) and activated their VHF DSC to make Mayday distress call were rescued.
A search was launched for the group after the Rescue Coordination Centre received an alert from a personal locator beacon at 5.30am.
According to Chaffee County Search and Rescue Nort, the hiker had a personal locator beacon that could send out a distress signal.
The Rescue Coordination Centre was alerted after a Personal Locator Beacon was activated at about 11.45am.
Tasmania Police say they received a notification indicating that a distress beacon had been activated from a vessel off the coast of Seymour.
A man and his son were on-board and advised by Water Police to activate their EPIRB, as the vessel was taking on water.
A distress beacon was activated overnight, prompting authorities to task NSW Ambulance and the chopper to the incident.
