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Other Water Activities Emergency Preparation

    1. Diving and Snorkeling Requirements
    2. Towed Sports
    3. Towed Sports Safety
    4. Using Hand Signals
    5. Carbon Monoxide
    6. Propeller Strike Awareness
    7. Operating a Personal Watercraft: Handling Characteristics
    8. How to Re-Board a Personal Watercraft from Deep Water:
    9. Personal Watercraft Accident Risks
    10. Small Boats and Situational Awareness
    11. Unique Hazards for Small Boats
    12. Safety Tips for Paddlers
    13. Preventing a Capsizing/Person Overboard Emergency
    14. How to Safely Load Passengers and Equipment
    15. How to Respond to a Capsizing Emergency
    16. How to Rescue a Person Overboard
    17. Preventing a Running Aground Emergency
    18. How to Respond to a Running Aground Emergency
    19. How to Respond If Your Personal Watercraft has Run Aground
    20. Fighting a Fire
    21. How to Respond to a Boat Fire Emergency
    22. How to Use Your Fire Extinguisher
    23. Cold Water Immersion and Hypothermia
    24. The Impact of Cold Water Immersion on Your Body
    25. Hypothermia
    26. How to Respond to a Hypothermia Emergency
    27. How to Survive in Cold Water
    28. The H.E.L.P and Huddle Positions
    29. Hunters and Anglers as Boaters
    30. Safety Tips for Hunters and Anglers
    31. Rendering Assistance to Other Boaters
    32. Reporting Boat Accidents
    33. Sending for Help
    34. Continue Your Boater Education!
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