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Boating Safety News You Can Use - Where do you find safety information?

By Steve Lombardi

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources – I've heard it said that in Minnesota there are two seasons: fishing and hunting. With over 10,000 lakes the DNR has an enormous task of monitoring use of the indigenous waters. Safety tips from the Minnesota DNR are available online and are free.

Wisconsin Boating Safety Classes – The Dodge County Sheriff's Office is offering boating safety classes from June 29^th through July 2 at the sheriff's department located at 124 West Street, Juneau, Wisconsin. It will cost you $10, an amount well worth a saved life. Get your kids out of the house, away from the television and into one of these classes.

Boat Building – The boat builder's home page has an entire blog devoted to just boating safety. The boat builders cover everything from carbon monoxide poisoning to paddling, boating news and boating accident analysis. If you need safety advice this appears to be a good stop. You can search the site for just what you're looking to read. They offer an extensive links page that includes the following.

Links to New Boat Builders Home Page

... New Boat Builders Home Page

... Ike's List - Links to Everything Boatbuilding!

... New Boat Builders Home Page Boat Builder News

... My Space Page

Other Boating Safety Links

... National Safe Boating Council

... USCG Boating Safety Web Site

... USCG Coast Guard Auxiliary

... USCG Commandants Blog

... USCG Waypoints Boating Safety News Letter

... BOAT US Boat Owners Assoc Of the US

... Boat Safe . Com

... Marine Safety

... American Boating Association

... Essential Boating On The Web

... The Foundation For Safe Boating

... Boating Safety Resources

... Mad Mariner-Boating Blogs

... Other Boating Blogs

... ABOUT.COM Powerboating

Boat Safety Equipment – If you need to know what safety equipment to have onboard, consider the web site called Boat Pride. (www.boatpride.com) That site recommends fire extinguisher, flare, navigation aids, distress flags, EPIRB for larger boats on larger bodies of water and a whole host of other smaller pieces of safety equipment (tape, flashing light, etc.). Of course you don't need safety equipment until you need it and then you really need it. So don't be stupid and ignore safety equipment making the assumption nothing will ever happen to you or those onboard.

Pool Safety – An 8-year-old isn't too young to save someone from drowning. A three-year-old was swimming with him, slipped off her inner as she floated in the family swimming pool and nearly drowned. Young Hailey Ingram saw her hair floating so he jumped into the pool, grabbed her and pulled her to safety. Now what is a 3-year-old doing swimming without a life vest?

Water Safety Expert – Maria Bella is an aquatics investigator at Robson Forensics who investigates water related injuries and deaths across the country. She looks at drowning cases, diving mishaps, suction entrapment and even chemical feeders blowing up. There is a great article titled Water Safety a Specialty for Pa. Investigator by Dennis Larison of the Lancaster News. This might make an interesting career for an engineer.

'What she learns can help a jury make a difficult decision or steer people who build aquatics facilities toward safer practices.

"Typically, I get drowning cases, diving incidents that may result in paralysis, suction entrapment, where someone has been pulled into and held by a suction outlet," she said. "Every once in a while, I get a case where the chemical feeder has blown up on someone, or a gassing at an indoor facility." '

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Steve Lombardi

Full post as published by Des Moines Personal Injury Lawyer on July 28, 2009 (boomark / email).