Signals for Help in the Wild
In the wild, living environment is very bad, and all kinds of disasters will come from in unexpected. But for the people who travel or work in the wild is very important to know their situation, notify others and seek rescue. During this time, people should try best to get in touch with others through a variety of ways. Signals should sufficient to attract other people’s attention.
Type of Signal
According to their own circumstances and the surrounding environmental conditions, people should given the different distress signal. General speaking, the actions are repeated three times symbolized for assistance.
Smoke signals
Fire as a contact signal is very effective. In order to ensure its reliability, people can put some moss, tender branches, rubber and so on the fire in the day time to produce smoke; while at night, put some dry wood to make fire higher.
Three pile of fire is the international distress signal. To make the fires into triangle. If the fuel scarcity or own serious condition, or because of hunger, excessive weakness, people can not gather three pile of fire, then a bunch of fire is ok.
2.
The letters listed below is the international emergency distress signal, “FILL” can help you to remember one of the major signal. A individual wooden stick “1″ is the most important and also simplest production.
3.
Use a flag or a bright color fabric tied on a stick, and then holding the stick to move from left to right. Left move should have longer time, while right direction should move shorter. And then do 8 shaped movement.
4.
If people have short distance with others, they can shout loudly with three long times shouts, and then three short times shouts. Repeat after 1 minute later.
5. Use sunlight and a mirror to make a signal light, any bright material can be used, such as canned food lid, glass, a platinum film. Ongoing reflection will produce a long-term regularity and a dot, which is a kind of Morse code. Even if you don’t know Morse code, it may also be noticeable by others with the free reflection. In any case, people should at least know SOS code.
