Safety Alert about Unregistered Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs)
January 24, 2023
The SCA would like to bring your attention to a new Safety Alert about Unregistered Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs).
Carrying a means of calling for help is critical when paddling in coastal waters. Personal Locator Beacons (PLB’s) have demonstrated their effectiveness leading to many successful rescues.
However, Personal Locator Beacons (PLB’s) must be registered with the Coastguard.
In the final months of 2022, British Canoeing was notified by the rescue services of two significant incidents where both RNLI lifeboats and Coastguard helicopters had responded to un-registered PLB’s. The outcome of both rescues was successful. In both incidents un-registered PLB’s were activated.
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