BOATsmart! USA Knowledge Base
Other Water Activities Emergency Preparation
- Diving and Snorkeling Requirements
- Towed Sports
- Towed Sports Safety
- Using Hand Signals
- Carbon Monoxide
- Propeller Strike Awareness
- Operating a Personal Watercraft: Handling Characteristics
- How to Re-Board a Personal Watercraft from Deep Water:
- Personal Watercraft Accident Risks
- Small Boats and Situational Awareness
- Unique Hazards for Small Boats
- Safety Tips for Paddlers
- Preventing a Capsizing/Person Overboard Emergency
- How to Safely Load Passengers and Equipment
- How to Respond to a Capsizing Emergency
- How to Rescue a Person Overboard
- Preventing a Running Aground Emergency
- How to Respond to a Running Aground Emergency
- How to Respond If Your Personal Watercraft has Run Aground
- Fighting a Fire
- How to Respond to a Boat Fire Emergency
- How to Use Your Fire Extinguisher
- Cold Water Immersion and Hypothermia
- The Impact of Cold Water Immersion on Your Body
- Hypothermia
- How to Respond to a Hypothermia Emergency
- How to Survive in Cold Water
- The H.E.L.P and Huddle Positions
- Hunters and Anglers as Boaters
- Safety Tips for Hunters and Anglers
- Rendering Assistance to Other Boaters
- Reporting Boat Accidents
- Sending for Help
- Continue Your Boater Education!
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