Category: Safety
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Diving Under The Ice with Zaragoza’s Fire Brigade
Diving under the ice with The Water Rescue Unit of Zaragoza’s Fire Brigade. “Buceadores de la Unidad de Rescate Acuático del Cuerpo de Bomberos del Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza”. Awesome!
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Anthony Ervin and Rowdy Gaines Make A Splash in Godfrey
Read The Telegraph A pair of Olympic gold medal-winning swimmers will teach area residents about the importance of learning to swim as part of the Make A Splash Tour Tuesday at Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey. Each year more than 3,400 people die from drowning in the United States, 700 of which are…
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SwimToday – I am an Alligator
I’m passionate. I’m dedicated. I am an alligator. See swimtoday.org http://youtu.be/jUgfoLzhVVM
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Don’t drink the mud: Tough Mudder participants fall ill after swimming through feces-tainted water
Read The Vancouver Sun It turns out the toughest obstacle of a Tough Mudder-style race might not be dodging live electrical wires, hoisting logs or leaping over a wall of flames. It might be the nasty stomach bug that can come from swallowing the muddy water. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a memo Friday warning…
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Police warn people swimming in Cedar River, Iowa
See CBS2IOWA Cedar Rapids police say they’re receiving reports of people swimming in the Cedar River. Swimming in the Cedar River is not allowed due to its fast-moving water and debris. Police say the Cedar’s cooler water also put would-be swimmers at an increased risk of shock and hypothermia.
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Mayor to ‘waterproof’ Jacksonville
Read News4Jax Several groups in Jacksonville teamed up Saturday to promote water safety and prevent accidental drowning by kicking off the “Waterproof Jacksonville” campaign. The countywide campaign offers free swimming lessons to kids whose families are facing financial difficulty. Mayor Alvin Brown announced his plans to expand the in-demand program. “Today we’ve launched the expansion…
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Sea swimmer drowns near Norwegian pier, possibly linked to Facebook craze
Update – The deceased has now been named as Margareth Stolvik from Melbu. People in the know say it had nothing to do with the Facebook trend – Stolvik was an active winter swimmer Read for instance VesterÃ¥len Online (in Norwegian) Friday evening May 2, a local woman in her 50ies was found dead in…
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Broward County non-profit offering swim safety classes
See WSVN A South Florida non-profit organization is pushing for water safety a day after a little boy lost his life in a swimming pool. Kindergartners are learning swimming skills that can help save their lives at SWIM Central, a non-profit organization that focuses on water safety to prevent any more tragedies. “Should they find…
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Man Goes For A Swim Attacked By Crocodiles
Read Costa Rica Today A man, yet to be officially identified, in an apparent drunken stupor decided to take swim in the Tarcoles river, in an area of the river that is known for its crocodiles. The police report indicates that two men got off a Parrita bus and after drinking one of them decided to take swim in the river…