Safety Afloat

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Safety Afloat
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Safety Afloat
3 Sheets
3 Pillows
Bed
S S S
P P P
B E D
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Safety Afloat

• Supervision
• Skills Proficiency
• Swimming Ability

• Physical Fitness
• PFD
• Planning

• Buddy System
• Equipment
• Discipline

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Safety Afloat

• Supervision

• Mature 21 year old
• Skillful with watercraft
• Accepts Responsibility
• Rescue Methods
• Committed to the 9 Points of Safety Afloat
• 1 to 10 Ratio
• CPR

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Safety Afloat

• Skills Proficiency

• Minimum skill for MB
• Emergency Procedures
• Craft to be used
• 3hrs. Training Practice
• PFD instruction
• Whitewater Instruction
• Powerboat Rules
• Cub Scout Rules

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Safety Afloat

• Swimming Ability

• Pass BSA Swim Test
• 100 yards
• 75 any forward stroke
• 25 resting stroke
• Float
• Exceptions
• Cub Scout Swim Test

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Safety Afloat

• Physical Fitness

• Medical Re-check
• Health Forms
• Class I
• Class II
• Class III
• Supervision Adjustments
• Significant Health Concerns Exam by Physician

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Safety Afloat

• Personal Flotation Devise

• PFD
• Type I, II, III, IV, V
• Styles
• Ski, Canoe, Fishing
• Who Wears them?

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Safety Afloat

• Planning

• Float Plan
• Put in Take Out
• Course, Stopovers, Time
• Accurate Maps
• Run the course prior
• Local Rules
• Local, Regional, National
• Fishing, Border Crossing...

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Safety Afloat

• Planning

• Notification
• Parents
• Unit Committee
• Council
• Coast Guard, State Police, Park Personnel
• Weather
• Check before you go
• Have a plan Just in case

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Safety Afloat

• Planning

• Contingencies
• Plan for Emergencies
• Plan for other possible problems
• Have a Contingency Plan!
• Cub Scout
• NO Trips/Expeditions
• NO Running Water
• Clear Skies, No Wind, Warm Air and Water

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Safety Afloat

• Buddy System

• At least one person looking out for the Scout.
• Buddy Boats
• Need to See and Hear
• Close Proximity

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Safety Afloat

• Equipment

• Suited to the Craft/Water
• Correct Size
• Good Repair
• Meet Coast Guard Regulations
• Spare Equipment
• Repair Equipment/Parts
• Rescue Equipment

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Safety Afloat

• Discipline

• Know, Understand and Respect the Rules
• Help the Boys to Understand the Rules
• Enforce Rules Fairly
• Use Common Sense

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Safety Afloat
3 Sheets
3 Pillows
Bed
S S S
P P P
B E D
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Safe Swim Defense
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Safe Swim Defense
S M A L L
B A D
and
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Safe Swim Defense

• Supervision
• Medical Re-checks
• Ability Groups
• Lifeguard
• Lookout
• Buddy System
• Area, Safe
• Discipline

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Safe Swim Defense

• Supervision
• Adult (21)
• Accepts Responsibility for the Safety of the
  Youth
• Confident he/she can respond adequately/appropriat
  ely to emergencies
• Trained/committed to Safe Swim Defense
• Not necessarily a certified lifeguard
• Get Assistance from a BSA Lifeguard

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Safe Swim Defense

• Medical Re-checks (Physical Fitness)
• Complete health history
• Class 2 or 3 Medical Form
• Significant medical conditions
• Adjustment activity/guard duties to accommodate
  medical concerns
• Significant medical concerns should require a
  physicians examination

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Safe Swim Defense

• Ability Groups
• Non-Swimmer
• Beginner
• Swimmer

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Safe Swim Defense

• Non-Swimmer
• Non-Swimmer activities (games etc.)
• Make time/staff to help teach swimming
• Encourage swim lessons

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Safe Swim Defense

• Beginner
• Jump feet first/water over head
• The boy must start without push-off
• 25 swim
• stamina
• Sharp turn
• The boy must re-start swimming without touching
• Return to start
• stamina

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Safe Swim Defense

• Swimmer
• Jump feet first over head
• The boy must start swimming without push-off
• 75 yard's. swim forward strong manner
• Crawl, Trudgen, Breast, Side
• Sharp turn
• 25 yard's. resting stroke
• Elementary Back or other resting stroke on back
• Resting while floating
• Renewed Annually

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Safe Swim Defense

• Lifeguard
• Certified
• School pools, water parks etc.
• Troop Swim
• Non-certified
• Good swimming adults
• Scouts
• Good swimmers
• Line and Tender
• 1 to 10 ratio

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Safe Swim Defense

• Lookout
• See
• Entire swimming area
• Hear
• Age

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Safe Swim Defense

• Buddy
• Check in and out of area
• Buddy Checks (10 min.)
• Keep buddies together
• Procedure for Buddy Checks

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Safe Swim Defense

• Area, Safe
• Swimmers
• 12 Max.
• Diving
• Non-turbid water (3/12 white disc)
• 7 Min.
• Entry from over 18 needs 10 to 12
• Dive entry over 40 prohibited
• Feet first entry over 60 prohibited

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Safe Swim Defense

• Discipline
• Safe Swim Defense
• Agree to and use all points
• Rules are set/discussed for the area you are
  using prior to activity
• Give reasons for rules if possible
• Be firm and fair

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Safe Swim Defense

• Supervision
• Medical Re-checks
• Ability Groups
• Lifeguard
• Lookout
• Buddy System
• Area, Safe
• Discipline