Category: Safety
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Swimming pool safety presentation
Details and background on the South Australia State Government’s proposals to improve laws concerning swimming pool safety. The public is invited to review the discussion paper and make comments on the proposals anytime before 31 May 2013. See also story and video here on ABC News
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Cullen Jones Donates Defibrillators To Local Foundation
Read CBS Baltimore Olympic gold medalist Cullen Jones teams up with a local foundation to donate life-saving equipment to the city’s aquatic program. Jones met an eager group of swimmers Saturday at Callowhill Aquatic Center. He joined the Connor Cares Foundation to present the center with three defibrillators. “The city of Baltimore is delighted to…
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US tourists swim for nearly 14 hours after ship sinks near St. Lucia
Read The Washington Post Dan Suski, a 30-year-old business owner and information technology expert from San Francisco, had been wrestling a 200-pound marlin in rough seas with help from his sister, Kate Suski, a 39-year-old architect of Seattle. He was still trying to reel in the fish when water rushed into the cabin and flooded…
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Poor swimmer rescues 5-year old girl from rip current
Natallie Porter can’t swim and got caught in a rip current off Coquina Beach Saturday. Isaac Espinoza dove in to save her.
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French fisherman escapes from saltwater crocodile’s jaws
Read for instance Mail Online and ninemsn Residents of Australia’s tropical north know that you don’t go swimming in the sea at night because that’s when crocodiles are most dangerous. But French fisherman Yoann Galeran didn’t know the rules and happily dived into the waters off Arnhem Land – which is why he ended up with…
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New swim team helps saves lives
See KPLCtv.com There’s a new swim team coming to Lake Charles, but there’s more to it than just competitive swimming. This new swim team is helping save lives. The new swim team called the “Foreman Reynaud Streamliners” will practice at the Foreman Reynaud Community Center. Swim Coach Brian Cain said his goal is to get…
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YMCA swim coach Patrick Jeanneret accused of ‘indecent liberties’ with team member
Read for instance News5 A Warren County YMCA assistant swimming coach has been fired and is facing charges after an allegation he took “indecent liberties” with an underage team member. The Countryside YMCA Torpedoes swim team was competing in a national swim meet in Greensboro, N.C., over the weekend, when the alleged incident occurred. WLWT…
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Marines Swim to Survive
Marines are amphibious by nature, and at the Marine Corps Water Survival School, they are taught how to master the water, instead of being taken by it. Pfc. John Tucker takes us to Camp Johnson, North Carolina, where Marines attend the rigorous three-week course to become Instructors of Water Survival.
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Man banned from every pool, sauna and hot tub in Britain after sex assault
Read Wales Online 44-year-old Ali Rashid has been banned from every swimming pool, sauna and hot tub in Britain, public or private to which women have access to for the next five years. This after admitted assaulting a woman in the steam room in a hotel last year. Sentencing him to eight months in jail,…