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2. List of equipment of the United States Coast Guard - Wikipedia

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   Any Coast Guard crew with officers or petty officers assigned has law-enforcement authority (14 USC Sec. 89) and can conduct armed boardings. The Coast Guard operates 243 Cutters, [2] defined as any vessel more than 65 feet (20 m) long, that has a permanently assigned crew and accommodations for the extended support of that crew. [3]

3. Personal flotation device - Wikipedia

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   Personal flotation devices being worn on a navy transport . A personal flotation device (PFD; also referred to as a life jacket, life preserver, life belt, Mae West, life vest, life saver, cork jacket, buoyancy aid or flotation suit) is a flotation device in the form of a vest or suit that is worn by a user to prevent the wearer from drowning in a body of water.

4. Lifebuoy - Wikipedia

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   Lifebuoy with emergency light on a cruise ship A lifebuoy floating on water. A lifebuoy or life ring, among many other names (see § Other names), is a life-saving buoy designed to be thrown to a person in water to provide buoyancy and prevent drowning. [1]

5. Buoyancy aid - Wikipedia

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   Buoyancy aids are a specialist form of personal flotation device (PFD) used most commonly by kayakers, canoeists, people practicing rafting, and dinghy sailors. They are designed as a flotation aid, rather than merely a life-saving device and have several key differences to other PFD's and lifejackets. Some buoyancy aids may not provide the ...

6. Boating - Wikipedia

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   Sailor equipped with a personal flotation device. personal flotation devices or life jackets for everyone on board; a throwable flotation device (in the U.S., a type IV personal flotation device) navigation lights suitable for the type of boat operation; visual distress signals which are effective both day and night; sound-making devices ...

7. FDNY floats plan for drones to drop flotation devices to ...

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   The department is fine-tuning a pilot program in which a drones buzzing over beaches could drop flotation buoys to struggling swimmers, the Daily News has learned. A small CO2 cannister ...