Apparently the police here (Ontario, Canada) will take them, as they do
expired ammunition.

Several boating organizations have made the error of asking permission from
the authorities (at various levels) for a flare demonstration - permission
is always denied. Liability issues.

Others have succeeded by _informing_ the authorities of what's about to
transpire. It also depends, it seems, on who answers the phone and what mood
they're in that day....

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Charles T. Low
www.boatdocking.com

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"Steve" wrote in message
news:2RqLe.269$5U2.245@lakeread07...
I now have TWO full canisters of expired flares, both hand held and 12
gauge, with expiration dates that make them old enough to buy booze. I
keep
the flares that are up to 3 years expired for backups, just in case,
behind
the canisters of the unexpired flares.

I've asked 3 fire departments, 3 police officers, the USCG Auxiliary and
the
USPS (Power Squadron, not the post office) and all I get is "I don't
know..." or, one fire department told me to take them out on the
Chesapeake
Bay and fire them horizontally, preferably at Bayliners.

What do YOU do?