Everyone who ventures out into the wilderness runs the risk of facing a survival situation.

Depending how severe it is, you may or may not have technology at your disposal to help you navigate or be located.

In many cases, the GPS inside a cell phone will work, but all other communications with the outside world is cut off.

When that happens, unless you know with certainty you can navigate to a safe place or back to civilization, sheltering in place and using a system of signals to alert people of your status is the preferred option.

Almost all of us have various signaling devices, but do we know how to use them, when to use them and how to maximize their effectiveness?

The video on the next page is an FAA instructional on emergency signaling, including using improvised methods of signaling.

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