SAVE A LIFE THIS YEAR
YOUR OWN!!
406Mhz GPS
Locator Beacons.
BE SAFE
BE PREPARED
BE RESPONSIBLE
TAKE A BEACON WITH YOU!
Southland Locator Beacon Charitable Trust
The Trust has a number of outlets through out the South Island of New Zealand that makes these PLB's (Personal Locator beacons)
available for hire.
Reuscued over 35 people in the last 12 months
Hire Charges:
Up to 3 days: (minimum Hire period) $30.00
Up to 7 days: $40.00
2nd week and every week there after $30.00
Here is a brief over view of how these Locator beacons work.
When we hire out a locator beacon to you, what happens is you fill in the hire form with your details and a brief description of the area you are going to be hiking/ fishing/ whatever in. From there we write in the serial number of the beacon you are taking with you and give you a copy of your hire agreement that tells you how to operate the beacon, and also has your details written on it so you know when you have to bring the beacon back to us.
The signal from the transmitting Beacon is picked up by satellites that orbit the earth, from there the signal is relayed to the corresponding Search and Rescue Unit closest to the area where the signal is coming from. Then a search is mounted by the NZ Rescue Coordination Centre to find the missing person with the beacon.
SOUTH ISLAND OUTLETS
Where you can hire one:
Te anau: Mobil Garage, 80 Town centre, (03) 249 7247.
Milford Sound: Molford Sound Lodge, (03) 249 8071.
Manapouri: Adventure Kayak & Cruise,33 Waiau St, (03) 249 6626.
Tuatapere: Mobil Service Station, Orawia Rd. (03) 226 6475.
Riverton: SuperValue, 163 Palmerston st. (03) 234 8541.
Invercargill: Visitor Information Centre (Museum), Gala St, (03) 214 6243.
Invercargill : ASI. 115 yarrow St invercargill (also availabe: mountain saftey radios) (03) 218 8772 Cell: 027 241 2477
Frankton: Frankto Automart, 1 Mcbride St, Frankton. (03) 442 2077.
Stewart Island: DOC Visitor Centre, (03) 219 0002.
Gore: Christies Garage Mobil, Main St, (03) 208 7268.
Queenstown: DOC Visitors Centre,37 Shotover St, (03) 442 7935.
Glenorchy: Info Centre, Oban St (03) 441 0303.
Wanaka: DOC Visitor Centre, Ardmore St, 03 443 7660.
Makarora: DOC Field Centre, (03) 443 8365.
Mt Cook: DOC Visitor Centre, Mt Cook Village, (03) 435 1186.
Frans Josef: DOC Visitor Centre, Frans Josef Township (03) 752 0796.
Whataroa: White Herron Tea rooms and Store, 69 Scally Rd, (03) 753 4142.
Arthurs Pass: DOC Visitor Centre, Village,State Highway 73, (03) 318 9211.
NORTH ISLAND OUTLETS
Mt Egmont/Taranaki:
DOC Visitor centre. (06) 759 7197 Cell: 027 339 8847
Coromandel:
DOC Visitor Centre. Kauaeranga Visitor Centre (07) 867 9080
ADMINISTRATION BASE: Tuatapere (03) 226 6341 Cell: 027 412 2925
The new 406Mhz GPS locator beacons are now available from all our outlets. These are equipped with a built in GPS chip that if is has a clear view of the sky, will give an even more pin point location of where you need to be rescued. Along with sending out a unique serial number that will alert us to what beacon it is, and what area you are in, with the GPS coordinates that it will also send if it can access those satellites, it will narrow down the search area to just a few metres.
These ACR ResQFix GPS Locator Beacons were supplied By
RFD Ltd. 480 Tuam St, Christchurch. 03 389 2117
http://www.rfd.co.nz/
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