The National Safe Boating Council executive director writes about the key role that beacons can play in saving lives, and the boating education courses available to Lake Erie boaters in Ohio.
“Boaters may feel confident they are safe because they have a VHF radio or cell phone, . . . but what got us the help that saved our lives was the EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon).”
“It takes just a few minutes to purchase and register a 406 MHz beacon that might become a lifetime of survival.”
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