# Storage, Handling, and Use of Flares **URL:** \ **Category:** Marine Safety\ **Created:** [June 23, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/storage-handling-and-use-of-flares/16358 "2016-06-23T15:51:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DeepSeaDiver](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/deepseadiver/32/21_2.png) [@DeepSeaDiver](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/DeepSeaDiver)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/storage-handling-and-use-of-flares/16358/1 "2016-06-23T15:51:52Z")
[U][B]Flare Basics: What Every Crew Member Needs to Know[/B][/U] > **[Solar Flares - How They Work and the Risk They Pose](https://www.thoughtco.com/solar-flares-4137226)** > > Learn what a solar flare is, what type of radiation they release, how much of a risk they present to Earth, and how scientists predict them. - - - Updated - - - [B][U]A Guide To Distress Flares[/U][/B] ![](https://www.mailspeedmarine.com/on-the-water/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/flares.jpg) [https://www.mailspeedmarine.com/on-the-water/guides/a-guide-to-distress-flares/](https://www.mailspeedmarine.com/on-the-water/guides/a-guide-to-distress-flares/) - - - Updated - - - Marine Safety Products ![](http://www.orionsignals.com/images/stories/3.3_app_img.jpg) [http://www.orionsignals.com/application/marine.html](http://www.orionsignals.com/application/marine.html) ---
**Author:** ![DeepSeaDiver](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/deepseadiver/32/21_2.png) [@DeepSeaDiver](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/DeepSeaDiver)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/storage-handling-and-use-of-flares/16358/2 "2016-06-23T17:05:30Z")
Visual Distress Signals Also known as VDS [http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/cg5214/vds.asp](http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/cg5214/vds.asp) ![](http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/files/2010/12/pyro1.jpg)