Coast Guard-approved life jacket when on a boat and if in a situation beyond someone’s skill level.Ĥ. Adults- actively supervise children and stay within arm’s reach of young children and new swimmers. Fence pools and spas with adequate barriers, keep a constant eye for any water dangers such as portable splash pools/slides, buckets, and bathtubs.Ģ. A variety of water safety courses and resources are available at /watersafety.ġ. Everyone should be able to enter the water, get a breath, stay afloat, change position, swim a distance and then get out of the water safely. The American Red Cross wants everyone to enjoy the season and offers safety tips you can follow all summer long.īefore going in, on or around the water, every family member should become “water smart.” This starts with learning to be safe, making good choices, and learning to swim to at least achieve the skills of water competency. The official start of summer is here, signaling the time for outdoor summer fun. He says usually that means the batteries are too old.Accidents happen – learn First Aid and give blood to help those in need North says many times they don’t have a smoke alarm or they have one, but it didn’t go off. “I get to go out and I actually see the devastation from the fires, and many times as we are interviewing clients to provide assistance to them, you know one of the questions we ask, is did you have smoke alarms and did they go off,” said North.
He’s been a volunteer at the Red Cross for 10 years, and is on the Disaster Action Team. It’s something Doug North has seen throughout his career. “Every home should have a working smoke detector,” said Lisa Smith, executive director of the Central and Northern New York Chapter of the American Red Cross.īut not everyone does. Volunteers will install up to three smoke alarms in each home or apartment. There’s already 40 appointments in the books for Saturday. Roughly 60 volunteers will be installing over 100 free smoke alarms. The American Red Cross is going door-to-door on Syracuse’s near Westside neighborhood on Saturday, May 6th. The Central and Northern New York Chapter of the American Red Cross is doing just that through its annual Sound the Alarm campaign. (WSYR-TV) - Keeping families and homes safe.
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