Ready to see how a flare works? Our volunteers at Staithes and Runswick RNLI let off a white parachute flare as part of their pyrotechnics training with approval from HM Coastguard before firing. Remember to only set off a flare in an emergency! What else shall we demonstrate? [Visual description: An RNLI crew member is wearing full RNLI crew kit and a helmet on a B class lifeboat. She is holding a flare to the sky and letting it off after a count of three on screen. The flare disappears into th

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