Category: Safety
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RNLI Lifeboat Crew Lasso Runaway Speedboat
Read The Telegraph A lifeboat crew stopped an out-of-control speedboat by lassoing it. The six-metre vessel went into a spin when its skipper, Peter Channing, 66, was trying to moor up and accidentally knocked the throttle. He was thrown overboard and had taken off his kill chord — a safety device attached to his leg…
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Danes coin Faroese Pier Plunging Craze as BreakNekNomination
See The Copenhagen Post (and our original story here) After all, why peer-pressure somebody into sinking a few shots, when you can dare them to risk life and limb to sink like a stone into the icy waters of a built-up harbour? So yeah, the shame is on us. The fad has btw passed by…
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New Qantas ‘ditching procedures’ require passengers to swim away if life rafts aren’t used
Read The Australian New ‘ditching procedures’ for 737s instruct cabin crew to tell passengers to jump into the water and “swim away†if a plane goes down and life rafts are not used. The document comes as a war of words has erupted between Qantas and South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon, who is critical of the…
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Officials Warn Swimmers of Hidden Drowning Danger From Electric Currents
See NBC Chicago With the unofficial start of boating season on Lake Michigan quickly approaching, officials are warning Illinois boaters and swimmers about a hidden danger lurking in fresh water. Electric shock drowning, or ESD, is a rising threat in marinas and popular freshwater areas, and those at risk are often unaware of the potential…
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Surveillance Video Shows Children Shocked in Swimming Pool
See ABC News and CBS 12 A surveillance video from a condominium complex in Florida shows an invisible, potentially deadly danger lurking in swimming pools. The video, shot on April 27 at the Palms West Condominiums in Hialeah, Fla., shows three children shocked while swimming in the condo community’s pool. One young girl in the…
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Watch This Guy Swim And Feed And Even Mouth-Feed Gators
See Wide Open Spaces Uploaded to Facebook by a person who was on the tour, this video shows the bravery (or insanity) of this gentleman who, for some reason, seems to look at ease with this gigantic predatory reptiles. We’d never make assumptions about someone’s mental capacity, but we’d also never get into the water…
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Survey Finds Half Of Americans Can’t Swim
See NBC News Red Cross survey finds half of Americans can’t swim well enough to get out of a body of water if they find themselves in over their head. Erika Edwards reports.
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It’s Never Too Late To Learn To Swim
See Keloland Sioux Falls City pools will be opening to the public this Memorial Day weekend. But not everyone will be ready. According to a new study from the Red Cross, many adults don’t know basic swimming skills and that could be dangerous. Of the adults who know how to swim, only 56 percent can…
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Swimming pools: how do you know they’re safe?
See WNCT With warmer weather arriving, many people across the East will be heading to pools. But how do you know they’re safe to swim in. Keith Jernigan is with the Craven County Health Department. He says this time of the year is extremely busy as seasonal pools ask to be inspected so they can…