lifejacket

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Hydros Personal Flotation Device.

My name is Kieran Normoyle and my product is Hydros. Hydros is a three piece personal flotation device that mitigates the effects of cold water shock, sea spray, hypothermia, and secondary drowning. As I am a qualified lifeguard and a medic with the army reserve, I feel there is a fatal flaw in life jacket design. While lifejackets keep users afloat, they fail to protect against hypothermia and other health risks. I worked with the Irish Navy, Search and Rescue, […]

PV9720 ,Viking First With Dual-approved Thermal Lifejacket

Following recent SOLAS approval, Viking has launched a new dual-approved thermal lifejacket that raises the bar for its competitors. Leading marine and offshore safety equipment manufacturer Viking Life-Saving Equipment has launched a new dual-approved thermal lifejacket with broad appeal for the offshore and commercial shipping industries operating in harsh, cold environments. Raising the standards for personal safety, the company’s new thermal lifejacket, PV9720, has been tested and approved according to new stringent lifejacket performance standards as well as existing thermal […]

Les sauveteurs en mer sensibilisent les pêcheurs au port du gilet de sauvetage.

Pêcheurs et marins amateurs sont nombreux chaque été à naviguer au large de nos côtes. Mais la mer représente un danger et le risque de noyade est permanent. Les sauveteurs en mer vont à la rencontre des propriétaires de bateaux pour les sensibiliser au port du gilet de sauvetage. Les bénévoles de la Société Nationale des Sauveteurs en Mer (SNSM) de Calais naviguent au large du littoral pour mener une deuxième campagne de sensibilisation au port du gilet de sauvetage à bord des bateaux. […]

Rappel de sécurité sur les gilets de sauvetage GAMMA

Rückruf: Sicherheitsmängel – GAMMA ruft Zens Rettungswesten zurück Da viele Verbraucher in Grenznähe auch im benachbarten Staaten einkaufen, bitten wir um Beachtung Das niederländische Baumarktkette GAMMA ruft Rettungswesten der Marke ZenS zurück. Die Westen sind in den Größen 15-30 kg, 30-40 kg und 40-50 kg im Zeitraum vom 27. Mai 2013 bis 19. Juni 2013 zum Preis von je 19.99 Euro über Filialen von GAMMA verkauft worden. Produkt: Rettungsweste / Schwimmweste Marke: ZenS Art. Nr. 9240623 – 15-30 kg Art. […]

New life jacket for dinghy sailing

 The life jacket is created with insights from real users and their experiences, to increase the usability of the dinghy sailors life jacket. Trough the process we came to develop the dinghy sailors trapeze harness as well. Usually, the dinghy sailors wears both a life jacket and a trapeze harness. Combining those two, we have increased the users ability to move by removing superfluous material, and given him/her one less garment to wear. The solution also shortens the time used to dress up before training or competition, […]

W420 Balise individuelle SART AIS

Envoi d’une trame AIS et de la position GPS  Flash haute luminosité permettant de localiser un homme à la mer même par mauvais temps Déclenchement automatique ou manuelle de l’alarme Code d’identifi cation préprogrammé Léger, compact et facile à porter Simple à utiliser La W420 est une balise de sécurité individuelle étanche compacte, conçue pour protéger chaque membre de l’équipage d’un bateau en cas de chute par-dessus bord. Elle se fi xe facilement sur le gilet de sauvetage à l’aide d’une pince de fixation située à l’arrière du boîtier, […]

REDESIGN AV REDNINGSVESTER

 Sikkerhet for fiskerne Målet for prosjektet var å utvikle en lokalprodusert, rimelig redningsvest som skaper en trygg arbeidsdag og mer stabil tilværelse for fiskerne. Det langsiktige målet er å styrke ugandisk næringsliv gjennom lokal produksjon. Fakta Tema: Sikkerhet på sjøen Leveranse: Funksjonell, brukervennlig og rimelig redningsvest som produseres lokalt Industridesigner: Sam Russell Samarbeidspartner: National Lake Rescue Institute (NLRI) Prosjektperiode: Mars 2008–desember 2008 Finansiering: Norad, NLRI og Norsk Form Sted/Land: Uganda Mange drukningsulykker Drukning utgjør 27 % av alle dødsulykker i […]

Barna bruker vest

http://www.ranablad.no Oslo (ANB): Voksne dropper redningsvest, men passer på at barna bruker den. Bruker du redningsvest? Det er påbudt å ha redningsvester til alle i fritidsbåter, men det er ikke påbudt å bruke dem. 14 prosent av voksne innrømmer at de ikke bruker redningsvest, ifølge en ny undersøkelse YouGov har gjort for Codan Forsikring. De voksne er imidlertid flinke til å passe på at barna bruker vest i båten. Av de spurte med barn, sier 97 prosent at barna bruker […]

TeamO News lifejacket harness

TeamO  une solution au problème du MOB traîné par le bateau par son harnais . Every traditional lifejacket harness currently on the market attaches a sailor to the boat from a point on their chest wh ere the lifejacket and life line clip together. When a victim goes overboard clipped on to the boat they are dragged face-forward through the water. The momentum of the boat forces their head down and their mouth in to the water. The life expectancy of a sailor in […]

Gilet de sauvetage. L’assurance survie

   par  Stéphane Jézéquel Faudra-t-il, un jour, rendre obligatoire le port du gilet de sauvetage ou de la veste flottante ? La question est en passe d’être réglée chez les professionnels qui s’y mettent tant bien que mal. Mais du côté des plaisanciers, la route semble encore longue.   La ceinture en voiture et le casque à moto ont fini par s’imposer. Les milliers de morts, les images chocs de la prévention routière et la répression appuyée des gendarmes de […]

VIKING LIFE SAVING, Helicopter Crew Vest

Helicopter constant-wear life jacket for operations to or from helidecks located in a hostile sea area.  Description 1. Comfortable and lightweight; 2. Multiple adjustment possibilities; 3. Extra padding on back for added comfort and support; 4. Sprayhood; 5. Manually or orally inflated. Specifications – ETSO approved – Buoyancy 180 N – Dimensions: 36 x 60 x 12 cm (packed); 42 x 67 x 16 cm (inflated) – Weight 1.80 kg – Buoyancy chamber: PU-coated nylon. Welded. – CO2 cylinder 38 g […]

VIKING LIFE SAVING , helicopter EBS lifejacket

This top of the line, constant-wear lifejacket is ETSO approved and used during flights to and from helidecks. It is a very simple, compact, lightweight and well fitted lifejacket that is perfect for operational and training purposes. VIKING Helicopter Lifejacket can be inflated manually; it has 1 buoyancy chamber and 180N. PV9302 comes with a detachable EBS (Emergency Breathing System) located on the front cover. The EBS has a 6 liter air lung which gives the user the possibility to […]

Rudern nur mit Rettungsweste?

Von Paul Wagner | Nach dem Unfalltod eines 13-jährigen Ruderers auf der Hamburger Außenalster wird der Ruf nach einer generellen Rettungswestenpflicht für den Rudersport laut. Erst vor wenigen Tagen hatte das Bildungsministerium des Landes einen neuen Erlass für den Sportunterricht verschickt. Kiel. Für die Rettungsschwimmer der DLRG steht fest: „Grundsätzlich raten wir jedem Wassersportler – ob Schwimmer oder Nichtschwimmer –, eine Rettungsweste zu tragen“, sagt DLRG-Landesgeschäftsführer Thies Wolfhagen. Dies betreffe neben Seglern auch die Ruderer. Wichtig sei dabei, dass die […]

Maritime NZ to develop lifejacket safety system

By Viv Logie Maritime New Zealand says it is working with the fishing industry to develop new safety systems that may make wearing lifejackets compulsory when crossing bars such as the dangerous Grey River. The call for lifejackets was made last week, immediately after the 45th fishing boat drowning on the Grey River bar, when the Lady Anna sank and its skipper Nicholas Eklund was caught in the turbulent waters. His two crewmen were rescued when lifebuoys were thrown to […]

Life jacket ‘instrumental’ in saving man’s life

RCMP remind people of importance of water safety after Oromocto water rescue A water rescue in Oromocto has New Brunswick RCMP reminding people about the importance of water safety and wearing a life jacket. Police received the call for help Friday night of a man who had capsized his boat and was yelling for help from the water behind Oromocto’s Hazen Park. Oromocto RCMP and members of the Oromocto Fire Department and paramedics were able to pull the man from […]

Lifejacket ‘instrumental’ in saving man’s life

RCMP remind people of importance of water safety after Oromocto water rescue   A water rescue in Oromocto has New Brunswick RCMP reminding people about the importance of water safety and wearing a life jacket. Police received the call for help Friday night of a man who had capsized his boat and was yelling for help from the water behind Oromocto’s Hazen Park. Oromocto RCMP and members of the Oromocto Fire Department and paramedics were able to pull the man […]

Shark Survival, Lifejacket Air Pocket Plus (LAP)

The award winning Shark LAP Lifejacket Air Pocket Plus combination reduces the number of items to don. The Shark LAP jacket is CAA Spec 5 approved. It proved its performance in exacting independent test and trials and has been in service since 2002. It has become an industry standard product and is in use worldwide. Shark 96202 LAP features include:  Excellent performance on compatibility and self-righting Nominal capacity of 275 Newtons  Manually operated lifejacket meeting CAA Spec. 5 Fitted with becket, whistle, buddy line […]

Electronic lifejacket ‘will save lives’

By DAMON CRONSHAW, Lake Macquarie Reporter  TINGIRA Heights resident David Ashard has invented an electronic lifejacket that  he says will save lives. The lifejacket inflates automatically when a person sinks. His plan has the support of Toronto’s Cathy Simon, whose daughter Courtney drowned in Lake Macquarie in a boating incident two years ago. Mr Ashard designed the lifejacket after watching a television report about a young couple who lost their child in a pool accident. ‘‘I decided that day, about three […]

Life Jacket Design Breaks New Ground BoatUS Competition Winners Announced

ANNAPOLIS, Md — Si vous pensez que les gilets de sauvetage doivent être encombrants, inconfortables ou chauds à porter, les gagnants du « Innovation in Life Jacket Design Competition » vous donneront tort : la BoatUS Foundation et Underwriter’s Laboratory ont récemment annoncé les gagnants de leur concours 2011, et vous serez peut-être surpris de voir combien les designs inventifs sont novateurs : Pouvez-vous fabriquer un meilleur gilet de sauvetage ? Sur les 35 candidatures originales (dont certaines provenaient d’aussi loin que […]

Radeau et canot de survie : sauter d’un cargo à 61 mètres de haut

Organiser un saut à 61,53 mètres ou débriefer un naufragé des mers du sud, les fabricants de radeaux de survie s’inspirent des situations extrêmes. Le fabricant français Plastimo teste les radeaux de survie à Lorient et il reçoit, selon les années de 3 à 4 témoignages de plaisanciers qui ont dû utiliser leur matériel. La société offre un radeau de remplacement à toute personne qui utilise son radeau en situation de détresse (avec preuve des services de secours), afin de […]