The RNLI's sea safety team is providing a live demonstration of distress flares at Tenby Harbour on Saturday, March 28.
Tenby's lifeboat sea safety officer, Andrew Lowe, explained: "The sea safety team's role is to provide information and advice on the safety equipment you should carry when going to sea. A vital part of that equipment is distress flares which should be carried on all craft whether a kayak, a windsurfer, a dinghy, a jet-ski or an ocean going cruiser.
"However, it is an offence to release a flare in anything other than an emergency, so luckily most people never get to see one in operation, hence this is a rare chance to see what actually happens should you ever need to use them.
"As you can imagine, a demonstration of this nature is carefully controlled and has to be organised with the co-operation of the local station, the coastguard and the police.
"My colleague Max Jones from Angle station is one of the RNLI's qualified flare demonstrators and has kindly agreed to visit Tenby to run this event."
Tenby Sailing Club are acting as hosts for the evening, which will begin with a preliminary introduction at 7.30 pm, followed by the demonstration from the end of the harbour wall at 8 pm.
Afterwards, members of the sea safety team will be available in the clubhouse to answer questions both about flares and sea safety equipment in general.
Andrew was keen to stress that everyone was welcome to the event.
"Tenby Sailing Club is always very supportive of our sea safety events and they will welcome guests to the club for the evening, so all water users, not just local sailors, can benefit from this demonstration - if you go to sea in any way at all, please come along."
FOOTNOTE: The live demonstration will be subject to suitable weather conditions and coastguard clearance on the evening. There won't be any parking available in the harbour due to winter boat storage. Please note it is an offence to release a distress flare on land or at sea in anything other than an emergency situation. Members of the public are reminded that if they see a flare at sea, they should dial 999 and ask for the coastguard.