Officials say there are three key things people need to know about life jackets: know how it works, know how it fits and wear ...

Life jackets might be the most important safety gear you can have on board for you and your crew. But what type of life jacket do you need? There are three types of inherently buoyant life jackets ...

Summer safety alert: Henrico Fire warns boaters to inspect life jackets for proper fit, type, and approval before heading out on the water. Know your gear: Officials stress that not all life jackets ...

A life jacket worn by Titanic survivor Laura Mabel Francatelli sold for roughly $906,000 at auction, far exceeding its pre-sale estimate of $475,000.

Esmail Dukhil holds up a life jacket with illustrations of his past. (all images courtesy Project Life Jacket) The refugee camp in Thessaloniki, Greece — a former textile factory repurposed earlier ...

Buying a life jacket? You may run across two different types of labels. The big difference? Traditional labels identified the life jacket’s type: I, II, III or V. The newer labels provide a bold ...

Seafarer's Friend, a nearly 200-year-old maritime nonprofit, displayed a life vest recovered from the Titanic.

It is the only life jacket from the Titanic to be sold at auction in 114 years.

Standing on the same shore she walked for weeks as searchers tried to locate the body of her son, Pamela Barrett made available to everyone else the item that quite likely would have saved him.