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PENPAGES: Factsheets from Pennsylvania State University
NEWS SERVICE -- 5/6/87
WATER SAFETY KEY TO SUMMER FUN
University Park, PA -- If you use your pond or stream or an adjoining lake or
river for summer recreation, Penn State safety specialist Dennis Murphy reminds
you to exercise caution and observe the rules of water safety.
Each year more than 5,500 people drown, and most of those victims are in the
15-to-44 age group. Some simple precautions can prevent summer tragedies.
- Teach children how to swim and how to stay afloat until help arrives. All
children and non-swimmers should wear personal flotation devices at all times.
Children should have adult supervision.
- Set up a rescue station consisting of a post with a ring buoy, rope and
long pole. Keep a list of first-aid procedures and where to get help in case
of emergency.
- Consider putting a fence around your pond to keep children from entering
the water.
- If you have a boat, be sure it is seaworthy and that each passenger has a
personal flotation device. Do not take on more passengers than your craft can
handle.
- Do not swim in water shared by livestock or polluted by runoff containing
chemicals or animal waste. Avoid stagnant and algae-filled water.
SOURCE: Dennis Murphy EDITOR: Krista Weidner DATE: May 6, 1987 Agricultural
Communications, The Pennsylvania State University
PENpage Number:08301607
Keywords: AG-INFORMATION-NEWS-PUBS, LIFESAVING, NEWS, SAFETY, SUMMER,
SWIMMING,
WATER
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%f TITLE;WATER SAFETY KEY TO SUMMER FUN %f COLLECTION;FARM AND OPERATOR
SAFETY
%f ORIGIN;Pennsylvania
%f DATE_INCLUDED;June 1992
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