DATE: December 17, 2010 11:49:08 AM HST
Safety Alert - Personal Flotation Device Strap Check
Safety Alert - Personal Flotation Device Strap Check
The following is information that concerns the safety of our community's mariners.
Please click here to read a recent Safety Alert regarding certain personal "Type I" life jackets strap checks.
Recent Coast Guard inspections of Type 1 Personal Flotation Devices, in both child and adult size, identified a potential hazard that could prevent proper donning in the event of an emergency. Please read this Marine Safety Alert for more information.
Please contact Kent Richards, the 14th Coast Guard District's boating safety expert, at 808-535-3424 for any interviews, questions or concerns.
Further information and headquarters contacts can be found here: http://www.uscgboating.org/.
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