FLARE AMNESTY - Poole

[LadyInBed]

Dorset Police Marine Section are pleased to announce the first FLARE AMNESTY event held in Dorset.


Come along to the Sea Safety Day being held at the MDL Marina Cobbs Quay. Bring your Out of Dates Flares for safe disposal (donations welcome to RAMORA please).


Saturday 15th April 2017
1000 to 1400hrs
Cobb's Quay MDL Marina, Hamworthy, Poole

 

[KellysEye]

Deinition of amnesty:
noun, plural amnesties.
1. a general pardon for offenses, especially political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction.

2. Law. an act of forgiveness for past offenses, especially to a class of persons as a whole.

3.a forgetting or overlooking of any past offense.

All of which of course apply to sailors who own flares ;-)

 

[dk]

Does that include Very pistols? If it's an amnesty I guess one should assume so.

 

[yoda]

Dorset Police Marine Section are pleased to announce the first FLARE AMNESTY event held in Dorset.


Come along to the Sea Safety Day being held at the MDL Marina Cobbs Quay. Bring your Out of Dates Flares for safe disposal (donations welcome to RAMORA please).


Saturday 15th April 2017
1000 to 1400hrs
Cobb's Quay MDL Marina, Hamworthy, Poole

I have to commend this event, it has become increasingly difficult to dispose of old flares. I just wish somebody would financially support a similar event in Plymouth. Well done to the Dorset Marine Police Section and Ramora.

Yoda

 

[SimonFa]

I have to commend this event, it has become increasingly difficult to dispose of old flares. I just wish somebody would financially support a similar event in Plymouth. Well done to the Dorset Marine Police Section and Ramora.

Yoda

I had no problem when my flares expired. Bussels chandlery in a Weymouth took them in as long as I bought replacements from them.

But I suppose those who hate chandlerys need another outlet.

 

[Capt. Clueless]

Could I send them some through the post?

 

[mainsail1]

I have never understood why flare manufacturers aren't forced to take back expired ones at their own expense.

 

[SimonFa]

I have never understood why flare manufacturers aren't forced to take back expired ones at their own expense.

I think what you mean is that you don't understand why the price of flares doesn't include the manufacturers taking them back at the end of their life.

 

[lw395]

I have to commend this event, it has become increasingly difficult to dispose of old flares. I just wish somebody would financially support a similar event in Plymouth. Well done to the Dorset Marine Police Section and Ramora.

Yoda

Exactly.

 

[[70521]]

I have never understood why flare manufacturers aren't forced to take back expired ones at their own expense.

Cost, unless you want to pay at least double for your flares.

 

[TallBuoy]

I have to commend this event, it has become increasingly difficult to dispose of old flares. I just wish somebody would financially support a similar event in Plymouth. Well done to the Dorset Marine Police Section and Ramora.

Yoda

Hampshire Marine Police Unit started this about 5 years ago and it has spread around the country. There is little cost in setting it up, and by paying a £1 donation per flare, they have purchased several small dinghies for school children to learn to sail.

 

[TimfromMersea]

I was 'lucky' a couple of winter's ago, my boat was burgled whilst laid up and all the out of date flares were stolen.

They included parachute rockets and neither Coastguard nor Police were at all interested that they might fall into the wrong hands. In the end I emailed a report to Essex Police, givng them full details of what had been stolen, so it wouldn't be my problem if some terrorist shot a parachute rocket into Lakeside Shopping Centre one day.

I didn't replace them. I have an FastFind GPS locator, a fixed VHF, a handheld VHF and a mobile phone.

Wonder who wanted out of date flares?

 

[prv]

Wonder who wanted out of date flares?

If you're an antisocial chav who doesn't particularly care about risking damage to other people's property, or wasting Coastguard time, they sound like hugely fun toys.

Pete