Boat Fire Safety Week 2014: Top 10 Tips to stay alive
During Boat Fire Safety Week 2014 (26-30 May), the national campaign by Fire Kills and the Boat Safety Scheme (BSS), boat owners are being asked to pass on tips from the BSS website and leaflets that help skippers and their crews to stay safe from fire and carbon monoxide (CO) risks.
Test your smoke alarms this clock change weekend.
The Fire Kills campaign is again encouraging people to test their smoke alarms when they change their clocks this coming clock change weekend. The snappy tagline ‘TICK TOCK TEST’, will help remind us all of the need to test our smoke alarms at this time of year. Smoke alarms save lives, but only if they […]
Near miss reporting
A near miss is an unplanned event that did not result in injury, illness, or damage – but had the potential to do so. Only a fortunate break in the chain of events prevented an injury, fatality or damage; in other words, a miss that was nonetheless very near. Although the label of ‘human error’ […]
Incident reporting
Navigation authorities gather information and issue safety bulletins and reports of incidents. CRT have a section on their web site for reporting; Click here. Alternatively you can call and give details of the incident to 0303 040 4040 The Broads Authority also have a section on their web site. click here One other is PLA, and […]
Boater training
Boater training and awareness are a big part of safety. There are many resources available to help new and experienced boaters: Here are a few: Boaters Handbook on the CRT web site. Click here. There is a video too. Click here Canal Junction web site have a list of providers here
*** New – How to Buy a Boat
We have published a revised version of our publication about how to purchase a boat – here. Copies will be available at the Crick Show.
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BW property sell off
Dear friends There is good news coming from BW on the issue of the potential sell off. They have put out a press release.
Political lobbying
Dear friends I forward information about the political lobbying that is going on.
Commercial Waterways Guidance
NABO, in partnership with The Boating Association and the Commercial Boat Operators Association, has had a commitment from BW to make the NABO guidance leaflets for the River Trent and the Aire & Calder Navigation available for free at relevant locks and BW Offices.