@RNLI Water Safety Education Manager - South East 🛟 @RLSSUK Lifesaving Instructor • @KingAlfredLSC Chair • Sport & Nature Enthusiast • Views are my own • 🌊 ⛰
If someone else falls into the water –
Call, Tell, Throw.
If you see someone in trouble in the water, remember this lifesaving advice.
- Call 999
- Tell them to float on their back
- Throw something to help them float
#BeWaterAware#RespectTheWater
Lots of hot weather advice filming this week thanks to @NewhavenRNLI @SLifeboatRNLI
🧡Choose a lifeguarded beach
💙Swim between the red and yellow flags
🧡If you get into trouble in the water Float to Live
💙If you see someone in trouble, call 999 and ask for the Coastguard.
'I was scared, but I felt like I knew what to do.' 11-year-old Billie, who remembered our #FloatToLive advice during a life-threatening moment.
Swept into deep water, Billie stayed calm and floated on her back - saving herself by staying in this position until help arrived 💙
Fantastic open to @STA_HQ conference with @gpwhyte delivering an incredible speech on motivation and team work! @RNLI are here both days so come and say hi to us! 👋🏼
On World Heart day the RLSS continues to encourage people to learn CPR. Through the support of Navarino & Laerdal Medical we will be providing our members with manikin kits which will enable them to teach vital lifesaving skills to their local communities #WorldHeartDay2024#RLSS
This World #DrowningPrevention Day - learn how to Float if you end up in trouble in the water!
⭐️ Tilt your head back with your ears submerged
⭐️ Use your arms and legs to keep you afloat
⭐️ Controlling your breathing will help conserve energy
⭐️ Practice this and tell a mate!
Children should learn to swim and have basic water safety skills.
🏊♂️ Learn the skills to keep you safe.
This World #DrowningPrevention Day, learn how to enjoy the water safely 👉https://t.co/9QXwSMn3v8
@BTNPalacePier@WHO Fantastic to see @BTNPalacePier supporting @WHO and World #DrowningPrevention Day especially with all the work they do alongside many other emergency services with Brighton & Hove Coastal Water Safety Forum helping to keep the city safe 👏🏼 🙏🏼
In support of @WHO and World Drowning Prevention Day, Brighton Palace Pier will shine bright in blue tonight! 💙
Join us in raising awareness and promoting safety.
#DrowningPrevention#BrightonBlue
2013, South Coast of India I saved a young man from drowning on this beach - the strength of the waves overwhelmed him & he couldn’t swim 🌊 I share this story, not for praise, to show how unpredictable the water is you wouldn’t know from this picture. #DrowningPrevention#WDPD
Tmrw, 25 July, is World #DrowningPrevention Day.
This #UN designated day, now in it's 4th yr, is a moment of global unity & international action to raise the profile of the issue & amplify awareness of preventative actions we can ALL take to reduce this loss of life & #injury
For the latter part of #DrowningPreventionWeek, we're focussing in on our aim to ensure everyone knows how to be enjoy being in, on and around water safely 🛟
So today, please RT our advice about how to stay safe when IN the water! 💦
https://t.co/bveGuzEoQp
#EnjoyWaterSafely
Learning how to #FloatToLive could save your life!
⭐️ Practice to float
👀 Everyone floats differently
🎙️Tell someone to float if you see them in trouble in the water ⬇️
https://t.co/t7cUNpHvdH
Help us save lives this #DrowningPreventionWeek 🙏🏼
@RLSSUK
📸 @brightonsnapper
Today is the start of #DrowningPreventionWeek and we want as many people as possible to learn the Water Safety Code. Help us start the week on a high and RETWEET this post! 🙌
This simple 4-step code can help save lives 🙏
#DPW#WaterSafetyCode
Child drowning deaths in England have doubled in the last 4 years, from 20 in 2019-20 to 41 in 2022-23. This tragic increase highlights how important it is that families are aware of water safety. Please take time to learn more this week.
#DPW#DrowningPreventionWeek