Students test the inflated bag as a possible flotation device for a model cell phone made of clay. Students will test smaller amounts of citric acid and baking soda to determine the optimum amounts ...

There are a host of different types and styles of life jackets, or PFD (Personal Floatation Devices) on the market. They come with different ratings based on the level of buoyancy they deliver.

There's no pleasure in pleasure crafts when somebody drowns because they were not wearing a life-jacket or PFD (personal flotation device). Needless to say, I was both delighted and encouraged in ...

THE PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICES ARE THERE. THEY’RE JUST HARD TO SEE SLEEK, MINIMALIST VERSIONS. THESE ARE NOT YOUR GRANDFATHER’S LIFE JACKETS. JOHN AND JEN SHERMAN FOUNDED BOMBORA A FEW YEARS ...

Data for 2021 and 2022 reveals that everyone who died attempting a bystander rescue did not carry a personal flotation device. "I don't want anybody else to go through what we've been through.

CCMS Lori Kaiser’s CCMS newspaper elective class published their first paper for the 24-25 school year. Students covered ...

There are plenty of opportunities for angling “treats” in area waterways as mild weather continues to enable anglers to get on our Great Lakes.

Not wearing life jackets is one of the concerns addressed at the meeting. “Out of the 10 fatalities, four of these cases a personal floatation device was worn,” he said. In looking at the causes, he ...

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office and Minnesota Department of Natural Resources share the following safety information for all waterfowl hunters and fall fishermen.

Aline Tamara and Beatriz Tavares drowned in a crowded speedboat near São Paulo on Sept. 29, ignoring the captain's life jacket advice ...

A Navy investigation released Friday blames heavy gear for the deaths of two SEALs who drowned during a nighttime boat raid off the coast of Somalia in January.

But both sank quickly in the high seas off the coast of Somalia, weighed down by heavy equipment they were carrying and not knowing or disregarding concerns that their flotation devices could not ...