Have you inoculated your child against drowning?
Drowning is the only cause of childhood death that is 100% preventable. Children are protected against disease by inoculation, but are often vulnerable around water by not having the self rescue skills they need to survive a sudden fall into deep water.
Your donation to the Lifesaving Society or a Memorial donation in the name of a family member or friend, helps save lives. From as little as $5, a one time donation, regular monthly donations or a more substantial bequest is dedicated to the Society’s Water Smart® initiatives, such as Swim to Survive, to help reduce and eliminate drowning.
Help break the drowning chain. Your donation saves lives.
Personal donation form
Memorial donation form
Contact our office for further information or if you have any questions 709-576-1953 or by email lifeguard@nl.rogers.com
Donations are dedicated to Water Smart initiatives and gifts of $20 and more receive official tax receipts.
Charitable number: 13237 8134 RP0001
All children should learn to swim
The Lifesaving Society believes that in Canada's water rich environment, basic swimming ability is a required life skill for survival. Learning to swim is the most immediate and effective way to prevent drowning and water-related injury. All Canadians deserve the chance to learn basic swim skills.
The Society is committed to providing Canadians with the opportunity to achieve a minimum swimming ability as a life skill for survival. The Society defines this minimum in its Canadian Swim to Survive Standard and promotes it in the Society’s Swim to Survive Program and Swim to Survive Challenge. Communities can implement their own Swim to Survive Campaign by adding Swim to Survive into their community recreation and safety plans.
Consider Swim to Survive for your community:
- Swim to Survive is an important first step to being safe around water. If every child in Canada could pass the Canadian Swim to Survive standard, we would reduce the number of drownings by half.
- Swimming is a life skill that all children need to learn. It’s no different than fire safety or streetproofing.
- People are not born with having swimming skills – they need to be taught – and all children deserve the chance to learn.
- Lifesaving Society research shows that most drownings occur close to safety. Year after year, the majority of people who drown have no intention of going into the water. Immersion is sudden, unexpected and often silent. They did not have the necessary self rescue skills to survive the incident.
-After bicycling, swimming is the second most popular activity in Canada among school-age children between five and 12 years of age. The Lifesaving Society wants to make sure they each have the basic skills to survive.
Canadian Swim to Survive Standard
The Canadian Swim to Survive Standard is a simple, straightforward and focused national standard that defines the minimum swimming skills needed to survive an unexpected fall into deep water.
Canadian Swim to Survive Standard = ROLL into deep water + TREAD water (1 min.) + SWIM 50m
Essential Skill and Rational Task
Orient yourself at the surface after an unexpected entry. - Roll into deep water
A fall into water is disorienting and a threat to normal respiration. Minimum safe depth for teaching is 2.5m or 8ft. 4in.
Support yourself at the surface. - Tread water for 1 minute
Canadian waters are generally cold enough year-round to trigger a gasping reflex or unexpected immersion. The ability to tread water allows you to protect your airway while regaining control of your breathing.
Swim to safety - Swim 50 metres
Lifesaving Society research shows most drownings occur within 3 to 15 metres of safety (dock, shoreline, pool edge). Because your ability may be impaired by cold water, clothing, etc., we use a 50m distance as a reasonable standard.
Contact us lifeguard@nl.rogers.com
Tel: 709-576-1953
Fax: 709-738-1475
Copyright 2012 by The Royal Life Saving Society Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador Branch.
Registered Charity No. 13237 8134 RP0001
Drowning is the only cause of childhood death that is 100% preventable. Children are protected against disease by inoculation, but are often vulnerable around water by not having the self rescue skills they need to survive a sudden fall into deep water.
Your donation to the Lifesaving Society or a Memorial donation in the name of a family member or friend, helps save lives. From as little as $5, a one time donation, regular monthly donations or a more substantial bequest is dedicated to the Society’s Water Smart® initiatives, such as Swim to Survive, to help reduce and eliminate drowning.
Help break the drowning chain. Your donation saves lives.
Personal donation form
Memorial donation form
Contact our office for further information or if you have any questions 709-576-1953 or by email lifeguard@nl.rogers.com
Donations are dedicated to Water Smart initiatives and gifts of $20 and more receive official tax receipts.
Charitable number: 13237 8134 RP0001
All children should learn to swim
The Lifesaving Society believes that in Canada's water rich environment, basic swimming ability is a required life skill for survival. Learning to swim is the most immediate and effective way to prevent drowning and water-related injury. All Canadians deserve the chance to learn basic swim skills.
The Society is committed to providing Canadians with the opportunity to achieve a minimum swimming ability as a life skill for survival. The Society defines this minimum in its Canadian Swim to Survive Standard and promotes it in the Society’s Swim to Survive Program and Swim to Survive Challenge. Communities can implement their own Swim to Survive Campaign by adding Swim to Survive into their community recreation and safety plans.
Consider Swim to Survive for your community:
- Swim to Survive is an important first step to being safe around water. If every child in Canada could pass the Canadian Swim to Survive standard, we would reduce the number of drownings by half.
- Swimming is a life skill that all children need to learn. It’s no different than fire safety or streetproofing.
- People are not born with having swimming skills – they need to be taught – and all children deserve the chance to learn.
- Lifesaving Society research shows that most drownings occur close to safety. Year after year, the majority of people who drown have no intention of going into the water. Immersion is sudden, unexpected and often silent. They did not have the necessary self rescue skills to survive the incident.
-After bicycling, swimming is the second most popular activity in Canada among school-age children between five and 12 years of age. The Lifesaving Society wants to make sure they each have the basic skills to survive.
Canadian Swim to Survive Standard
The Canadian Swim to Survive Standard is a simple, straightforward and focused national standard that defines the minimum swimming skills needed to survive an unexpected fall into deep water.
Canadian Swim to Survive Standard = ROLL into deep water + TREAD water (1 min.) + SWIM 50m
Essential Skill and Rational Task
Orient yourself at the surface after an unexpected entry. - Roll into deep water
A fall into water is disorienting and a threat to normal respiration. Minimum safe depth for teaching is 2.5m or 8ft. 4in.
Support yourself at the surface. - Tread water for 1 minute
Canadian waters are generally cold enough year-round to trigger a gasping reflex or unexpected immersion. The ability to tread water allows you to protect your airway while regaining control of your breathing.
Swim to safety - Swim 50 metres
Lifesaving Society research shows most drownings occur within 3 to 15 metres of safety (dock, shoreline, pool edge). Because your ability may be impaired by cold water, clothing, etc., we use a 50m distance as a reasonable standard.
Contact us lifeguard@nl.rogers.com
Tel: 709-576-1953
Fax: 709-738-1475
Copyright 2012 by The Royal Life Saving Society Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador Branch.
Registered Charity No. 13237 8134 RP0001