Kids Don't Float!
Water Safety

Swimming, boating and fishing are favorite activities in Chatham County.  Everyone should learn to swim and wear life-jackets when riding in a boat.  Supervision of children in water is essential to prevent drowning.

Click here to read an article on beach safety.  Janice Bentley, an active volunteer with Safe Kids Savannah, wrote this article (Tybee Ocean Rescue Team: "Stay Smart! Stay Safe! Stay Alive!) published in the June Issue of the Tybee Breeze monthly newspaper.

Life Jacket Loaner Boards:  In 2008 Safe Kids Savannah launched a program to loan life jackets at two local boat ramps. These are located at:

• Rodney Hall Boat Ramp at Skidawy Narrows

• Houlihan Bridge Boat Ramp-more-

The life jackets are available for loan when boating in this area.  We only ask that boaters return the life jackets  to the loaner stations so that others may use the jackets.

Georgia law requires children under 10 to wear a life jacket when riding in a boat.  But regardless of the law, boaters, no matter what age, are safest when everyone wears a life jacket at all times when riding in a boat.

Links

www.usa.safekids.org/water/
www.redcross.org
www.savannahredcross.org
www.boatus.org
www.safeboatingcouncil.org
www.cgaux.org/
www.usps.org
www.poolsafety.gov
www.watersafety.org
www.nfpa.org/riskwatch/topwater.html

Port Wentworth Power Squadron

Contact Us -more-

Contact Safe Kids Savannah at 912-353-3148 for more information. 

www.safekids.org
www.usa.safekids.org 
www.gachd.org.

Address

Safe Kids Savannah
P.O. Box 14257
Oglethorpe Office Park
420 Mall Blvd, Suite A
Savannah, GA  31416-1257

Phone: 912-353-3148
912-356-2160
Fax: 912-356-2969

Chatham County Health Department is the proud leader of Safe Kids Savannah.