Bert,
By "Torch" do you mean the British equivalent of the American "flashlight"? That being defined as the cylindrical shaped device that pilots use to store dead (flat) batteries.
Schmuley Flare...or something that sounds like that echoes in my alcohol ravaged brain....ah, yes....this time of year in the Western USA...you could really make yourself a hero if you popped a couple of them....but it would be a wonderful way of generating fire fighting dollars for the helicopter industry.