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Community outreach and education in drowning prevention

1:24:32

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Council Member Krishnan inquires about the role of community outreach and education in the Parks Department's drowning prevention strategy. Commissioner Donoghue outlines various initiatives.

Urban park rangers conduct tabling at beaches to educate people about water safety
Multilingual flyers about rip current dangers were distributed and posted on social media
Parks Enforcement Patrol officers educate and inform people about water safety at beaches and pools
Signage throughout beaches and pools focuses on water safety

Shekar Krishnan

1:24:32

And just a couple more questions from Councilman RC's before I open it up for public testimony.

1:24:36

What role do community outreach and education play in your current drowning prevention strategy and how is this being expanded?

1:24:42

You've answered it before.

1:24:43

But if you can just summarize it again, please.

Sue Donoghue

1:24:45

Yes.

1:24:46

Absolutely.

1:24:47

So it is an important aspect of what we do is emphasizing water safety training, as I said, We had our urban park rangers out and tabling at our beaches.

1:24:59

They're 1st and foremost about educating people, and they play that role.

1:25:03

And so they were out talking to people about water safety.

1:25:07

We had a flyer that we made up that we we posted that was so on our social media.

1:25:13

We also had flyers in multiple language, specifically about the dangers of rip currents.

1:25:18

We know that in open ocean like the rockaways, rip currents are huge, huge concern.

1:25:23

So we specifically focused some of the urban park ranger programming and education around rip currents.

1:25:30

We are parks enforcement patrol.

1:25:32

People will be out, you know, on the beaches, pools.

1:25:36

Are there to help to educate, inform people about water safety, our messaging throughout the summer, our signage is very much focused on being safe in the water.

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