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Wear It

 

Inflatable Life Jackets Ship to all Squadrons 

 

The Inflatable Life Jackets purchased for us in 2008 by the US Coast Guard, were shipped from the USPS headquarters  on Tuesday September 2, 2008. The Jackets were shipped to Squadron Commanders of record at that time.

The "Wear It" Inflatable Life Jacket emphasis program was first announce in February 2008 and is restated below.  

We are most appreciative of the time effort and money our Coast Guard friends and partners contributed so we could participate in the “Wear It” program promoting the wearing of life jackets whenever boating. Thank you USCG!

These Inflatable Jackets are government property and must be accounted for annually. Toward that end we have designed a spreadsheet for the convenience of the squadrons so the can track their own jackets internally. However, we do not need that level of detail to comply with the Coast Guard reporting requirements so we have also provided a simple form, including e-mailing or postal mailing. The links to these forms are below. Thank you all.

Keep on saving lives out there.

R/C Bob Miller

Tracking and Reporting Forms

VSC-4 Inflatable Life jacket Internal Loaner Tracking Spreadsheet

VSC-5 Inflatable Life Jacket Annual Reporting Form

Coast Guard to Emphasize Life Jacket  Wear

A key outcome of the Coast Guard's Recreational Boating Safety program is to reduce loss of life on the water.  A major component of that program is to convince boaters to wear their life jackets while on the water. Various media campaigns have been utilized in the past without a major shift in the desired outcome.

A Vessel Safety Check (VSC) provides the vessel examiner an opportunity to educate the boater on the value and importance of life jacket wear. During the VSC, the criteria for selecting, sizing, and inspection of life jackets is reviewed and demonstrated to the boater.

Public education courses are another venue to demonstrate the variety of life jackets available. Of paramount interest is the inflatable life jacket which offers the boater a comfortable and reliable life saving option.

Public affairs activities, such as safety exhibits at boat shows, provide another venue to illustrate to the public the variety of life jackets available in the market place.

The Coast Guard’s Office of Auxiliary and Boating Safety firmly believes that our vessel examiners, public educators and public affairs representatives should be role models for life jacket wear and are encouraging them to wear their life jackets during vessel safety checks, public education classes, and public affair events. As an incentive for demonstrating the "right behavior" on and around the water, inflatable life jackets branded with the "Wear It" logo will be made available (on a loner basis) to each Flotilla and  Squadron.

Inflatable life jackets will be distributed to local units which will be responsible for the custody, maintenance, and utilization of this equipment and annual reporting of the local inventory through respective chain of command to the Office of Auxiliary and Boating Safety, Program Operations Branch (CG-54222). The expectation is that they will be leveraged to provide the maximum possible exposure to support the wearing of life jackets. 

 

Peter Urgola,                                                                 Bob Miller

USCG Auxiliary                                                               US Power Squadrons

Chief, Vessel Examination Dept.                                        Chairman, VSC Committee

 

 

 
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