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A flare, also sometimes called a fusee, is a type of pyrotechnic that produces a brilliant light or intense heat without an explosion. Flares typically give off a red illumination and sometimes smoke, which are used is used for signalling, illumination, or defensive countermeasures in both civilian and military applications as well as emergency situations.

UsageEdit

TV SeriesEdit

In The Walking Dead (TV Series) Season 2 episode, Bloodletting, Shane is seen with Otis at the High School's FEMA medical center, both using flares retrieved from a police car to distract the walkers as they moved to recover supplies from the medical trailer. It was successful momentarily until the flares burned out and the noises from the flare subsided, leaving the attention to Shane and Otis and the sounds of metal canisters and medical supplies clanging in their backpacks.

ComicEdit

Flares are also used in the comic as a means to attain the attention of certain people.

Survival InstinctEdit

Daryl is able to use flares and glass bottles to distract walkers.

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TriviaEdit

• Walkers are temporarily distracted by flares, as they provide bright light and make a hissing noise, but once the flares goes out, they go back to wandering.