[Paddlewise] Flares carried in a PFD - Can you get burnt? - What is a safe practice???

G'day,

Jack, The unit I have is a Comet Flare art-no 1315 for Day and Night Use. 
For day use the smoke flare has "4 projections" and for night use a red 
flare with "8 projections". Its made in Germany and is 3cm diameter and 
about 18 cm long. I'm not sure if once one end is used the other end is 
inoperable. Does anyone know? I'm also still curious if anyone has 
experienced accidental operation of a flare?

All the best, PeterO

Jack Martin wrote: -

>To Peter O's comment about double-ended flare/smoke combinations, > which I 
>unintentionally deleted: dunno for sure what you have there, > Peter, but 
>standard survival systems in the Navy did, and probably > still do, contain 
>a combo flare/smoke in a cannister about two > inches in diameter and six 
>inches long; one end is a handheld > red-orange flare --- not a deployable 
>or parachute system --- and > the other is an orange smoke.


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