Category: Safety
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AIRR | Day In the life of a Rescue Swimmer
What is a day in the life of a rescues swimmer like? AIRR is a challenging and rewarding career in the US Navy. Many people attempt this search and rescue school but find out that helicopter rescue is not for them. It’s more than just saving lives and our motto so others may live. It’s…
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Water Safety Tips From La Petite Baleen Swim Schools
La Petite Baleen Swim School’s marketing director Paige Hutcherson shares water safety tips and talks to Bay Area Focus host Michelle Griego about the importance of learning to swim early.
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Coast Guard, local agencies suspend search for missing swimmer at Oceanfront
Coast Guard crews and other local officials suspended their search Saturday afternoon for a woman who was reported missing after she went for a swim early that morning. WAVY News 10’s Kara Dixon reports at 6 p.m.
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Update: 3 siblings drowned swimming in Galveston Bay, 4th rescued
Authorities say three siblings drowned and a fourth was rescued while the children were at a Houston-area park and swimming in Galveston Bay. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez says deputies responded Thursday night to Sylvan Beach Park in La Porte. The sheriff says officials are looking at whether choppy water and undercurrents, or a wave from a…
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Lifeguard shortage in Durham prompts permanent pool closure, 40-swimmer limit
Durham Parks and Recreation is closing down one pool for the season and implementing a 40-swimmer limit, as it deals with a shortage of lifeguards. The Friday morning announcement also included the fluctuation of pool schedules for this weekend.
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Two children drown, another sibling missing
Two bodies were recovered Thursday night, and authorities continued to search for another missing juvenile swimmer in La Porte.
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Lake Norman swimmer has foot amputated after being ‘run over’ by boat, NC cops say
Someone swimming in Lake Norman late Wednesday had to have part of his leg amputated after being struck by a boat in the water, according to the Observer’s news partner WBTV and other news outlets. It happened near a neighborhood on Brick Kiln Way in Iredell County, which is just outside the Trump International Golf Club, the…
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Swim at your own risk: swimming holes losing lifeguards
Waukesha County Parks are losing some of their lifeguards as the school year approaches.