OUT OF DATE FLARES...(not my trousers !)

[Bysshe]

Has anyone tried to correctly dispose of out of date flares recently??....Its a situation worthy of the best Monty Python sketch...and I still have the flares....

 

[Csail]

Take them to a police station and say 'i found these, what are they
?'

 

[jhr]

Has anyone tried to correctly dispose of out of date flares recently??....Its a situation worthy of the best Monty Python sketch...and I still have the flares....

Most Chandlers will accept out-of-date flares........ but only if you're buying some new ones. Catch-22.

 

[David2452]

Coincidentally we had an “ask the experts” day at Shotley on Saturday and this subject came up during the HMCG and RNLI sessions, mostly just before the flare demo. I begin to wonder if, with all the other means of alerting the people of any distress if flares are worth the candle (pardon the pun) because of disposal difficulties and cost. I was surprised to learn that in the particular watch area being discussed not one “shout” was as a result of sighting flares. The cost differential between PLBs EPERPS and the ongoing replacement cost and hassle associated with flares has now narrowed to a level where their value can be questioned IMHO.

 

[Bysshe]

Yup ...tried that...they told me what they were and that they couldn't accept them....even tried the bomb disposal lot...very informative but no-can-take...coastguard have 'no capacity' as they are supposidly all full up....maybe if I leave them in my Recycle wheelie bin..

 

[Volusian]

a very bright November 5th garden party ?

 

[beyondtheblue]

Took mine to the local police station! no problem! they even had a specific form to fill in.

 

[lenseman]

Has anyone tried to correctly dispose of out of date flares recently??....Its a situation worthy of the best Monty Python sketch...and I still have the flares....

Look, it is Bonfire Night in a few days and any 'professional' firework event (Scouts, Round Tablers, etc) will gladly use them in their display as long as it is a few miles in land and not on the coast.

 

[lenseman]

PS: Don't let them off on the upper Thames reaches as the CG and the RNLI will spend about 3 days getting upstream to the last known position of the parachute flare you set off!