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PRESS RELEASES
Honolulu, HI (PRWEB) September
24, 2009 -- Rescue Technologies Corporation
announces that the Military-Approved
RescueStreamer® Signal Marker technology is now
available with Retro-Reflective capability.
RescueStreamer® Signal Marker has been reported to
have saved lives.
RescueStreamer®
from 500 feet
Persons lost at sea can now signal their
rescuers during day or night hours with the only
"continuous" signaling device that is completely
"passive" (no batteries, chemicals, or
electronics)!
Numerous boating and aviation accidents in the
recent past indicate an alarming trend where
survivors were flown over by Search and Rescue but
not seen in the water. After survivors were
recovered by other means it was discovered they
had been flown over, in some cases more than once.
Most recently off the Texas shoreline, this trend
was repeated once again indicating the need for
some type of visual aide for Search and Rescue to
see and rescue survivors at the first possible
opportunity.
EXAMPLES OF PROBLEM:
1) "Hall and Hawkins (Texas Survivors) both
said they saw U.S. Coast Guard helicopters and
rescue planes fly over. The Coast Guard, which
gave up the search after the men had been missing
a week, never saw them."
2) "We knew they
were there, but we just couldn't see them." (Coast
Guard Spokesperson) "It was very frustrating. We
kept wondering why they couldn't see us." (Texas
Survivors)
3) "Why didn't they see us?" "They were right
on top of us!" "From the air, we're just little
specks…without a way to
signal..."
4) "I spotted a helicopter
four times - realizing they were close enough you
could almost throw something and hit the
helicopter, they were right overhead and they
couldn't see us."
Read the Rescued Texas Boaters Article.
RescueStreamer® Signal Marker locates persons
lost at sea or on land by providing a continuous
visual signal without the need for batteries,
chemicals or electronics!
In U.S. Military tests, RescueStreamer® Signal
Marker was visible from over a mile away at an
altitude of 1500 feet! They described
RescueStreamer® Signal Marker as "the only Passive
and Indefinite Signaling Device" that will likely
Increase Survivor's Probability Of Detection and
Rescue."
"YOU'VE GOT TO BE SEEN TO BE RESCUED!"
See RescueStreamer® at NASBLA 2009.
See the RescueStreamer® video
demonstration.
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THE STORY
BEHIND THE STREAMER
“We kept wondering why they couldn’t see
us.”
It’s an all-too-common scenario in search and
rescue missions; aircraft fly overhead, unable to
see survivors. No matter how much they flail their
arms, people are little more than a speck.
RescueStreamer®, the brainchild of geo-chemist
Dr. Robert Yonover, was borne following a
frightening single-engine Cessna flight. He
wondered how he’d be seen, let alone rescued. A
week later, Yonover saw artist Christo’s pink
plastic wrapping of the islands in Biscayne Bay,
and his question was answered.
“I just said if I could unroll a little pink
piece of plastic behind me, then [rescuers] could
see me.”
Of course, it had to float. It also had to
remain unfurled, regardless of wind conditions. It
had to be light enough to carry, easy enough to
deploy (even if injured) and visible over any
terrain. These were the complications of a
seemingly simple invention, and after 11 years of
research and development, the revolutionary
RescueStreamer® was introduced.
Since then, RescueStreamer® has undergone
countless independent tests and is now approved
for use by all branches of the US military.
RescueStreamer® is available in several sizes,
both online and in local retail outlets.
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MEDIA
CONTACTS
For more corporate information, please contact
our office at (808) 485-4985 or
info[at]rescuestreamer.com.
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