Q&A
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.
