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Open Water Safety North Dakota Conference on Injury Prevention Scott Tichy Park Ranger

Open Water Safety North Dakota Conference on Injury Prevention Scott Tichy Park Ranger US Army Corps of Engineers. Who is at Risk?. Who is at Risk?. Adults age 25-44 Children under 10 more likely to drown at home. Males Men are 4 times more likely to drown than women.

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Open Water Safety North Dakota Conference on Injury Prevention Scott Tichy Park Ranger

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  1. Open Water Safety North Dakota Conference on Injury Prevention Scott Tichy Park Ranger US Army Corps of Engineers

  2. Who is at Risk?

  3. Who is at Risk? • Adults age 25-44 • Children under 10 more likely to drown at home. • Males • Men are 4 times more likely to drown than women. • Adults who don’t wear their PFD. • Only 9 % of adults wear a PFD while boating.

  4. Statistics

  5. More Statistics

  6. “Sink Fast”

  7. Where do the drownings occur? • The majority of adult open water fatalities involve a boat. • The majority of juvenile open water fatalities occur while swimming, often in undesignated areas.

  8. It’s all about wearing these…

  9. What Needs to Be Done? • Get adults to wear PFD’s in moving boats. • Current PFD use by adults runs around 9%. • Reduce the use of Alcohol while boating. • Alcohol is involved in nearly 25% of boating fatalities. • Get adults to take a boating operators course. • The majority of boat operators have never had boat training of any kind.

  10. What needs to be done? continued • Discourage swimming in undesignated areas. • Increase the use of lifeguards in designated swimming areas. • CDC research says that there is less than 1 in 18 million chance of drowning with a certified lifeguard on duty.

  11. How do we do it? • Enforcement • Step up enforcement of existing boating laws. • More enforcement of boating laws by all agencies not just Game and Fish and Feds.

  12. How do we do it? • Education • Increase boat safety checks at area boat landings. • Increase the number of water/boating safety courses. Especially those focused at adults.

  13. How do we do it? • Legislation • Create a PFD requirement similar to seatbelt law. • Create a requirement for boating operators license.

  14. Resources • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers offices in these cities: Bismarck, 701-255-0015; Jamestown, 701-252-7666; Valley City, 701-845-2970; Fargo, 701-232-1984; and Riverdale, 701-654-7411. Water Safety Website: http://watersafety.usace.army.mil/ • North Dakota Safety Council, Inc., at 701-223-6372 or 1-800-932-8890. • ND Game and Fish; Water Safety Coordinator: Nancy Boldt, Bismarck - 701-328-6312. • US Coast Guard www.uscgboating.org • BoatUS www.boatus.com • National Safe Boating Council www.safeboatingcouncil.org

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