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 Please note that the deadline for booking your room in the Cospas-Sarsat reserved block for JC-26 has passed. If you have not yet reserved a hotel room it may be very difficult to find a room at...
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-  Coast Guard rescues three boaters from Sapelo Sound
 April 20, 2012 By: US Coast Guard Release / SC Now Coast Guard crews rescued three mariners early Friday morning in Sapelo Sound, Ga., after their fishing vessel ran aground, took on water and...
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-  Trampers Rescued near Te Anau
 12 April 2012 - Trampers rescued Three trampers who activated a distress beacon near Te Anau last night have been rescued. Rescue Co-ordination Centre spokesman Ross Henderson said this morning...
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-  Five Fishermen Rescued From Liferafts
 11 April 2012 - FIVE FISHERMEN RESCUED FROM LIFERAFTS At 13.28 pm today a distress alert was received by the Coastguard from a 406 mhz EPIRB. It was quickly identified as belonging to a fishing...
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-  Saves assisted by Cospas-Sarsat data in the United States
   The NOAA Sarsat programme recently made available a map depicting recent “saves” assisted by Cospas-Sarsat data in the United States. See link below.     Click here:...
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-  Man saved with help from 18,000km away
 Man saved with help from 18,000km away It took just over an hour for Chris Painter to be rescued after he activated his emergency beacon, but it could have been much faster if the device was...
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-  Galileo to spearhead extension of worldwide search and rescue service
 Galileo to spearhead extension of worldwide search and rescue service Mar 07, 2012 The global reach of Europe's Galileo navigation system is being harnessed to pinpoint distress calls for rapid...
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