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Water and leisure safety
Leisure safety
Water safety
Advice and information
#RespectTheWater
Child holiday swimming pool safety
Flooding
Home water safety
Ice safety
Hot tub safety
Inflatables
Parents
Pond and garden water safety
Pond dipping
Rebreather safety
Staying safe on holiday
Sustainable drainage systems
Swimming
Taking children swimming
Tombstoning
Vehicles in water
Water Safety Code
Beach flags
Rescue methods
Water wise quiz
Answers
Water safety signs
Watersports safety
Watersports safety abroad
Weil's disease (leptospirosis)
Research
Are you water wise?
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Very deep water; very cold water; hidden obstacles; strong currents; no lifeguards; difficult to be rescued; murky water; high banks; fast watercraft, etc.
No Running
Danger Deep Water
No Swimming
No Diving
Lifejackets must be worn
The water is warm; the water is clear; you know the depths; there are no hidden obstacles under the water; there is a lifeguard to watch you; there is someone to rescue you, etc.
It is harder to swim: you can get cramp; it takes your breath away, etc.
You could hit your head on the bottom and damage your neck, or even become paralysed.
Wear a buoyancy aid; join a club to learn safely; never go without an adult; don't muck around, etc.
Anything that floats - lifebuoy; football; inflated armband; empty sealed plastic drink bottle, etc.
What caused the problem for the victim may well cause the same problem for the rescuer (e.g. cold, currents); the victim may pull you under; the victim may be too heavy to tow; there may not be anyone to help you or the victim climb out of the water, etc.
Run for help; dial 999 from the nearest call box or mobile phone.
If the fence is broken, a child may fall in; if people cannot read the warning signs they may not realise how deep the water is or that swimming is not allowed; there may be no lifebuoy in place to throw to someone in difficulties; the rope on a lifebuoy may be missing, so if the first throw misses, there will be no second chance, etc.
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