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Prepared by SMARTRISK for the CSBC, the research paper "Will It Float?",
was released at the CSBC 2003 Symposium and AGM in Montreal Quebec on
September 26, 2003. Findings from a report on lifejackets and personal
flotation devices (PFDs) were presented to the membership and this led
to a motion for consensus building that was unanimously approved by the
CSBC membership on September 27, 2003.
Motion:
That
the CSBC membership accept the Background Research Paper Regarding
Mandatory PFD Wear Legislation in Canada that was written and presented
by SMARTRISK and develop and implement an action plan based on the
building of stakeholder consensus to advocate for the required wearing
of PFDs/lifejackets by boaters while on the water.
The
CSBC commissioned SMARTRISK, a national injury prevention organization,
to develop a background research paper summarizing the best available
evidence pertaining to mandatory lifejacket/PFD use. This background
research paper was to be used to inform a position paper on the topic
of mandatory PFD wear legislation. SMARTRISK was charged with providing
their independent evaluation of existing knowledge and research
compiled and collected in Canada, in the USA and in 12 other countries.
You can download the 286-page research paper prepared by SMARTRISK,
which is available in a PDF format, the summary version of the study in
a PowerPoint presentation and the report from the PFD Taskforce of the
CSBC, also in PowerPoint format.
The
Cook-Rees Memorial Fund for Water Search and Safety generously provided
funding for the study. Loreena McKennitt and the families and friends
of Gregory Cook and Ronald and Richard Rees, following a boating
tragedy in which the three men’s lives were lost while boating on
Georgian Bay in 1998, established the fund.
The
reaction to the report at the CSBC Symposium was extremely positive and
it was judged to be the most exhaustive study on the topic in Canada,
as well as internationally. The first step towards the goal to increase
wearing of PFDs and lifejackets is to communicate the results of the
report to stakeholder groups.
Download your individual committment regarding PFD/Lifejacket wear
Download your organizational committment regarding PFD/Lifejacket Wear
The PFD Task Force "Tool Box" section contains files that are
used in presentations relating to the background research paper "Will
it Float" on mandatory PFD wear prepared by SmartRisk for the CSBC.
For those of you giving presentations on behalf of the PFD Task Force you will find these tools invaluable.
For those of you who have attended a presentation or wish to have a
presentation you will find all the background material and "tools"
available.
If you wish a presentation for your group or
organization or just want more information please contact the Chairof the PFD Task Force,
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