Unlike U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jackets, comp vests typically lack the necessary flotation to keep an unconscious ...

Every vessel is required to have a U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jacket for everyone on board. Courtesy Water Safety Foundation Looking forward to another season of boating with her young family ...

Given that almost 90 percent of boating-related drowning victims were not wearing a life jacket, those numbers could be far lower. Having Coast Guard-approved life jackets gives you and your ...

EMERGENCY DRILLS - A fire and abandon ship drill must be held within 24 hours of leaving port and once every seven days thereafter, by Coast Guard regulation ... are stored and how to wear them ...

All nine victims of boating fatalities last year were not wearing a life jacket at the time of the accident. By law, all children 12 and under must be wearing a U.S. Coast Guard-approved life ...

Coast Guard officials credited life jackets with keeping the rescuees alive while waiting for help. “The success of the mission was largely due to the individuals having proper flotation devices ...