With the recent drowning incidents in Lake Travis, Austin Travis County EMS Captain Darren Nowak wants to remind everyone of some safety reminders before hitting the water.
With the recent drowning incidents in, Austin Travis County EMS Captain Darren Nowak wants to remind everyone of some safety reminders before hitting the water.
"We want to encourage really everyone on a boat to wear a life jacket, but especially those weaker swimmers and the children," says Austin Travis County EMS captain Darren Nowak. According to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, drowning is a leading cause of accidental death for kids under the age of five."It's a good idea to assign a water guardian who's really only specific goal is to watch everyone who's in the water and keep track of them," says Nowak.Travis County firefighters and Pflugerville lifeguards crossed paths at Scott Mentzer Pool in Pflugerville for a drowning-prevention training session.
"Swimmers that find themselves by the back of the boat can be overcome by the carbon monoxide and then become a statistic for the drowning incident because they've been overcome by the carbon monoxide fumes," says Nowak.With triple-digit summer temperatures approaching, Austin-Travis County EMS commander Nick Baker says its important to stay hydrated."We do have a new pilot program that's been in effect for about a month or so now.
"The three words app breaks the entire globe down into ten feet by ten-foot squares and assigns them a three-word address, basically. And so, in those times, it's a lot easier to pull your phone out. And that phone will tell you that three-word address. And then you can relate that to the dispatchers, who then can relate that to the responding agencies as well," says Nowak.
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