Category: Safety
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Lightning concerns cancel rec swim at Paul Nelson Aquatic Center
Lightning concerns cancel rec swim at Paul Nelson Aquatic Center
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Children should be encouraged to enjoy ‘wild’ swimming
Keeping young children away from perceived risky activities such as wild outdoor swimming is damaging, according to education expert Dr Sandra Leaton Gray (UCL Institute of Education). Writing in her book ‘Invisibly Blighted: the digital erosion of childhood‘ Leaton Gray says, “Heavily supervised young children of today may simply be more likely to drown as…
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Never Too Late To Learn To Swim
According to the Red Cross, nearly half of Americans can’t swim well enough to save their lives.
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Labor Day water safety: Pool games teach serious swim skills
It’s Labor Day! And if you’re enjoying a BBQ, or swim party, it’s a good time to remind folks about watching kids around water. Even the best little swimmers need supervision. We’re at Hubbard Family Swim School learning some of those crucial safety reminders, and we’re learning how they use fun pool games to teach…
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The Dog Lifeguards of Italy
In the midst of Italy’s hot summers—when the beaches are full of swimmers—the lifeguards keeping everyone safe bring in some much-needed, four-legged assistance. We’re talking about water rescue dogs. Dogs make ideal lifeguard partners as they remain calm under pressure and instinctively choose the safest path through the water currents back to shore. They can…
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Why MOST People in CHINA Can’t Swim
In China, we noticed that many people can’t swim. Asians and people in Asia tend to possess the natural skill of swimming, just like everyone else, so why is it that if you travel to China, you will notice that many people don’t know how to, or claim to not know how to swim? As…
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CFD Rescue Swimmers at the 2017 Camden Windjammer Festival
Camden Fire Department Rescue Swimmers Assistant Chief Andrew Lowe and Matt Heath assured safety for the Lobster Crate racers. Chief Chris Farley along with Lieutenant Earle Holt, Firefighter Isaiah Backiel and Firefighter Jonathon Heath provided further assistance on the docks.
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Charity Swim Courses of IRONMAN Foundation in Hamburg
The IRONMAN Germany GmbH, with the support of The IRONMAN Foundation, made possible for more than 50 kids to attend swimming classes, who haven’t had the opportunity to do so in the past due to financial or social difficulties. A special thanks goes to the local clubs “Hamburger Turnerschaft von 1816 r.V.†and “ParkSportInsel e.V. 
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Kinesiology Professor’s Program Teaches Philly Kids to Swim
Angela Beale grew up in North Philadelphia and gives back through a program at Temple that addresses staggering disparities in childhood drowning rates by teaching kids from Philadelphia communities to swim. Read more: https://news.temple.edu/news/2017-09-…