Category: Safety
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Swimming lessons | Sports | Welcome back to University of Nottingham Swim School
Welcome back to University of Nottingham Sport’s Swim School programme. We have been working hard behind the scenes to ensure you can continue to enjoy your swimming lessons in our safe and friendly environment. Â
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Heroes recognized for saving swimmer’s life at Roger Carter Community Center
Howard County Recognizes Heroes Who Saved Swimmer In Distress
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Boy pulled from swimming pool in critical condition
A 12-year-old boy is in an induced coma after being pulled from a public swimming pool on the Central Coast of New South Wales.
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Coast Guard rescue swimmer recounts saving 3 sailors
In 1993, a case involving a Coast Guard rescue swimmer now living in East TN inspired the climax of a Hollywood movie.
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ILS Reschedules World Conference on Drowning Prevention (WCDP) 2021 to 2023
At the recent ILS Board of Directors Meeting on 19th September 2020 a decision was taken to reschedule the event planned for October 2021 in Colombo, Sri Lanka to October 2023. Despite some intensive work between the ILS and the WCDP 2021 Local Organising Committee of Sri Lanka Life Saving (SLLS) to consider different alternative options…
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Swim clubs want province to lift restrictions, so swimming lessons can resume
Learn-to-swim clubs are petitioning the Quebec government, in an effort to bring back swimming lessons in red zones. They claim the lack of instruction has been a key factor in the higher number of drownings in the province this year.
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Youth Hero | American Red Cross Southern California Region
On November 14, 2019, Gavin Pike, a fifteen-year-old Laguna Beach High School student and member of the surf team, was laying on the sand at Thalia Street Beach when he noticed two swimmers in trouble. A mother and a son were struggling to keep their heads above water as a rip current rapidly took them…
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Artistic swimmers speak out about abuse at training centre
Four members of Canada’s artistic swimming team, training in Montreal, are speaking out about what they call a toxic environment. Last month, allegations of abuse and harassment from swimmers and people outside the program led to the shutdown of the senior national artistic swimming team’s training centre, pending a review by an external firm. Due…