Red Cross Water Safety Presentation
Water and Boating Safety
What are your favorite places to swim?
What are your favorite water activities?
Canadian Red Cross
What does the Red Cross do?
- Disaster Management
- Health Equipment Loan Program
- Violence, Bullying and Abuse Prevention
- International Humanitarian Law
- Water and Boating Safety
What about specific areas where it could be dangerous?
- Deep water
- Sharp rocks
- Drop offs/ cliffs
- Boating areas
- Currents Never fight a current, swim with it to safety
How can you stay safe when swimming?
- Without an adult/ lifeguard supervision
- Alone
- Bad weather
- When it's really cold outside
- Unfamiliar waters
- Strong currents