Alaska Department of Natural Resources
Office of Boating Safety


Jump into an interactive Kids Don't Float pool session and practice life-saving boating safety skills in a controlled learning environment.

Activities include choosing and wearing the "best" life jacket, practicing rescuing a person overboard, swimming fully clothed, and learning to self-rescue.


POOL EVALUATION

  Alaska's boating fatalities: 9 of 10 were not wearing a life jacket, or were never found   -  5 of 6 followed a capsize, swamping, ejection, or fall overboard, into Alaska's cold water   -  9 of 10 were adult males -  9 of 10 involved boats under 26 feet in length  -  3 of 4 involved powerboats