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For Safety's Sake Volume VII, Issues 3 Fall 2014
Articles in the issue: V-Directorate: A Winning Team! National V-Directorate Team and Individual Staff Awards Presented at NACON 2014. National Awards Trifecta: Flotilla 10-13 Wyckoff, N.J. Sweeps Top Honors. 2014 Vessel Safety Check Decal Distribution Program. We're Being Boarded by the Coast Guard ... Now What? Observations of a Paddle Craft Safety Instructor. Paddle Ready: New App for Paddle Boaters! Flotilla 11-10 Dunedin, FLA., Revitalizes Its Vessel Examiner Program. Vessel Examiners - Is your Certification Current? Is your district's star on our map?.
For Safety's Sake Volume VII, Issue 2 Summer 2014
Articles in this issue: Ready, Set, Wear It!” Event Sets New World Record! By Michael S. Klacik, Director, V-Directorate; Staying on Track: PWC Vessel Safety Checks by Dana Kirk, BC-VEP; Vessel Safety Check Efficiency by Perry Taylor, Deputy Director; Developing Successful Auxiliarists by Andy Render DVC-Vessel Examinations; Potentially Defective Visual Distress Signal by Joseph Reichal, BC-VPP; Boat Insurance—Who Needs It? by Bruce White, BA-VEV; “Ready, Set, Wear, It!” Gets Boost from Social Media Campaign by Dottie Riley, BC-VCP; Auxiliary “Goes Fishing” : Bassmaster Elite Series Tournament Vessel Safety Check Blitz by Charles Truthan, FL 15-3 Ocala; Wanted: Your Success Stories!
For Safety's Sake Volume VII, Issue 1 Spring 2014
Articles in this issue:Making of three new Public Service Announcements by the V-Directorate. Life of a Fire Extinguisher. Do You Know How to Educate Customers About Boating Safety Equipment? ABYC Recreational Boating Safety “Safety Essentials” Checklists. V-Directorate Bids Farewell to a Piece of Its Own History: Fifteen Years as DVC-VC Farewell from Paul Mayer. Going Somewhere? Be sure to opt out of the ‘I Want A VCS System’ while you are away! New!Life Jacket Loaner Program Source: Life Jacket Loaner Program Standard Operating Procedures
For Safety's Sake Volume VI, Issue 2 Summer 2013
For Safety's Sake Volume IV, Issue 3 Fall 2011
Articles in this Issue: The I Want a VSC System; The Directors Message from NACON 2011; V-Department at NACON– Photo Journal; There's a New Deputy in Town; Realignment of the V-Department; News from the Program Visitor Program; Auxiliary Member's Efforts Help Keep Tourists Safe; Vessel Safety Checks at the Bassmaster Elite Series; Introducing Mark Wirtz and Important reminder about Digital Selective Calling radios.
For Safety's Sake Volume IV, Issue 2 Summer 2011
Articles in this Issue: Updates from the V Department; I Want a VSC System-New Changes: No signup necessary!; New Paddlecraft VSC Form Wins Rave Review!; Make your own Vessel Examiner Business Cards; New PV and VE Workshops Now Available!; Paddle Sport Safety; By the Numbers; Program Visitor Updates; Proper Oral Inflation and Deflation of Inflatable PFD's; CO Alarms: Check the Date Codes and The Inflatable Life Jacket – Our Challenge.
For Safety's Sake Volume IV, Issue 1 Spring 2011
Articles in this Issue: Promote Vessel Safety Checks With the "I Want a VSC" System; What's New in the V Department; Meet Lillian Haines, 2011 Director of the V-Department; Increasingly Popular Paddlesports Has Much to Accomplish This Year; Thinking Outside the Box: Program Visitor Pointers; What are you doing to promote VSCs and PVs?; Creative Ad Campaigns Increase VSCs; The "I Want a VSC" System and Our Customers; Vessel Safety Checks Are Not Difficult- and Often Well Received!; Ready... Set... Inflate... and Quality Before Quantity – It's Not a Contest!
For Safety's Sake Volume III, Issue 3 Summer2010
Articles in this Issue: Vessel Safety Check Mega Weeks; Fire Extinguishers: "To Tap or Not To Tap... that is the question?"; Program Visitor Window Decal; Visual Distress Signals Revisited: Let's Make Sure We've Got it Right; VSC for a Sport Utility Boat; Sport and Utility Boat VSC Decal Placement and VSCs on Vessels with Tenders.
For Safety's Sake Volume III, Issue 2 Spring 2010
Articles in this Issue: 2009 Performance; Boating Safety Resource Center; Digital Select Calling Radios; Recreational Boating Safety Visitation Program Guide RBSPV 101; Opportunities with Sea Scouts and Boy Scouts of America; VSC Mega Weeks; Loran & GPS, Now and the Future and Lifejacket Covers.
For Safety's Sake Volume III, Issue 1 January 2010
Articles in this Issue: RBS Awards of Excellence; From Time To Time...; A VSC Tip: Ventilation System; Funds Available to Flotillas: A Message From Your Coast Guard Auxiliary Association; Fire Extinguishers: What the boater should know; Orion Safety Awareness Program; RBS Program Visitors: Materials Update; Revisiting the "I Want a VSC" System and VNET Mail List and Federal Regulations For Installed Marine Batteries - A Clarification; V-Dept Policy Regarding Outboard Engine Batteries.