Category: Safety
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NSW on Track for the State’s Worst-Ever Year for Drownings | 7NEWS
It’s official, we’re already on track for the state’s worst-ever year for drownings. Surf Life Saving NSW is pleading with swimmers to be more careful as temperatures soar this Australia Day so too does the risk.
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‘High-Risk’ Period Ahead After Spate of Drownings Across Australia | 9 News Australia
Swimmers have been urged to be extra vigilant around the nation’s oceans and waterways after multiple people have drowned across the country in the past 24 hours.
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Lifeguard Training Sessions Begin in Milwaukee County to Avoid Summer Closures | WISN 12 News
The Milwaukee County Parks Department began searching for summer lifeguards. A shortage led to the closure of more than half of the county’s pools last summer.
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Swim Instructor Calls for Mandatory Water Education for Kiwi Kids | 1News
Jackie Foster told Breakfast that authorities needed to do more to prevent more drownings after a record-high year.
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Former Cleveland Browns Rb Peyton Hillis Discharged From Hospital Following Swimming Accident | WKYC Channel 3
Former Cleveland Browns star Peyton Hillis has been discharged from the hospital following a swimming accident earlier this month. On Saturday, the former NFL running back’s girlfriend, Angela Cole, shared a positive update on Instagram, announcing that Hillis has been discharged from the hospital.
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A Deadly Crash Ends With a Tesla in a Swimming Pool | KTVU Fox 2 San Francisco
A woman is dead after veering her Tesla into a swimming pool in San Rafael Saturday morning.
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SF State Teammates Were Taking ‘Polar Plunge’ When Man Went Missing in Ocean | KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco
The Coast Guard called off the search for a member of San Francisco State University’s wrestling team after he went missing in the ocean off the coast of Pacifica on Thursday. Friends say they were taking a ‘polar plunge’ and that their teammate was not a strong swimmer.
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Search for Missing SFSU Student Continues in Pacifica | KRON 4
Emergency crews are searching for a swimmer that went missing in Pacifica Thursday.
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Education Queensland to Audit Every State School’s Swimming Program | 7NEWS
Every Queensland state school’s swimming program will be reviewed after it was revealed the compulsory lessons are failing some children. There’s now a fresh hurdle to keeping students safe in the water: a lack of instructors.