Over the past couple of weeks our team have been helping to promote both the RLSS Drowning Prevention Week and the STA's Water Safety Week campaigns. Why? Because we believe very strongly that education is massively important in helping keep people safe. Thats why were involved in so many community based projects helping provide education to all areas of our community and curve the number of water based incidents that happen every year.
In the UK someone drowns every 20 hours and thousands more suffer life changing injuries due to accidents in and around the water. Education plays a key part in reducing these figures.
Our water safety teams were asked what would they like to do as part of these two national campaigns to help promote and educate about water safety issues. They decided to each make water safety pledges, pledging what they will do to be water safe and promote safety. Here's some of the best ones.
This photo was taken moments after the team responded to a call for help from a member of the public after seeing an up turned vessel. All were safe and well.
We'd also like to point out Angelo is wearing a buoyancy aid in this photo and a safety boat was on scene
Health and safety adviser and rescue medical technician Rob was found demonstrating his Swift Water rescue PPE to a group of rookie lifesavers with his pledge to set up a new water rescue team.
RYA power boat instructor Ieuan James was captured with his pledge to wear the correct PPE when training others.
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