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Next generation EPIRBs meet upcoming standards and incorporate more features to enhance the chance of rescue in an emergency.
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.
Seventy fishing vessels are set to be outfitted with emergency position indicating radio beacons this season.Â
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.
The man was rescued by the Northern Territory Police after the activating his emergency beacon.
