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Raise awareness during 'Wear Your Life Jacket to Work Day'

...Guard that lasts all day today.The day is an effort to raise awareness around the importance of wearing a safety flotation device while boating. For anyone under the age of 13, it is a Federal requirement to wear one at all times on water vessels...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-05-16/raise-awareness-during-wear-your-life-j
Local
Crab pots? Check!

...operate the pot ..." Since each pot must be attached to a buoy or keg, this information most often noted on the flotation device. Some fisherman have been known to put markings on the pot, as well, though there is no regulation requiring this...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2013-05-03/crab-pots-check
Outdoors
Local students asking: Why do we live here?

...generations to receive ancient knowledge. The lesson drew parallels between modern examples of rockers, forward flotation devices, wave blocking devices and bulbous bows to study Tlingit mastery of displacement, density, work efficiency, navigation...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2013-04-12/local-students-asking-why-do-we-live
Outdoors
Friday night boat capsize kills two Juneau brothers

...interview that Brown reported to the Coast Guard that both brothers were wearing full "float coats," which have flotation devices in them.But when one of the brothers was recovered by volunteers, he did not have one on, Mosley said.Similarly...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-11-24/friday-night-boat-capsize-kills-two-jun
Local
Photo: Just a little bit closer...

...contacted an iceberg and one paddler is actually standing on an ice shelf. No matter how good a swimmer or how many flotation devices worn, kayakers are outweighed by and much slower than a rolling iceberg or calving glacier.

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-06-28/just-little-bit-closer
Local
Coast Guard terminates two voyages at Auke Bay

...found that the crew had insufficient firefighting equipment aboard, and the skiff crew had insufficient personal flotation devices. "The Coast Guard boarding teams also detected signs of potential underage drinking and requested the Alaska Wildlife...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-07-03/coast-guard-terminates-two-voyages-auke
Local
Police & Fire for Sept. 25, 2012

...domestic violence was not.Boating safety/No personal flotation device? On Sunday, the Alaska Wildlife Troopers boarded...Juneau a citation for failing to carry enough personal flotation devices for all persons on board his vessel. Erickson was given...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-09-25/police-and-fire-calls-sept-25-2012
Local
Pep bands are crazy!

...everywhere except where it was supposed to be. It was a sled in the winter, a doorstop at night, a lunch table, and a flotation device.It never attended another band practice?Until my nephew found it in a basement closet under four yards of concrete...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2012-02-23/pep-bands-are-crazy
Sports
Memorial Day means grilling, but make sure safety comes first

...potential hazards. Some tips from UL, the mark you should look for, by the way, if you'd like to make sure flotation devices are worthy. GRILLING: Charcoal can heat to a temperature of 1,000 degrees. Don't bury embers in sand or...

http://juneauempire.com/neighbors/2011-05-28/memorial-day-means-grilling-make-su
Neighbors
Letter: Make your kids water-safe

...fall out of the inner tube or raft and it floats away due to wind or other factors, the child is left with out any flotation device. What people don't seem to understand is that most children don't have a lot of body fat on them, and Twin...

http://juneauempire.com/letters/2011-07-25/letter-make-your-kids-water-safe
Letters

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