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life-saving equipment [3]

Instruments and equipment for signaling a boat’s presence and for saving people from drowning.
life-saving equipment [3] Device that automatically transmits a radio distress signal giving its precise position. Lamp that produces an intense light from a gas, which glows between two electrodes. Metal rod that emits the radio signal into the atmosphere. Instrument that makes a regulation sound when visibility is reduced to indicate the presence of a boat. Bell mouth that amplifies the sound emitted by a diaphragm when compressed air passes over it. Small container of compressed air.

distress beacon

Device that automatically transmits a radio distress signal giving its precise position.

strobe

Lamp that produces an intense light from a gas, which glows between two electrodes.

antenna

Metal rod that emits the radio signal into the atmosphere.

fog horn

Instrument that makes a regulation sound when visibility is reduced to indicate the presence of a boat.

trumpet

Bell mouth that amplifies the sound emitted by a diaphragm when compressed air passes over it.

canister

Small container of compressed air.