Standing on the same shore she walked for weeks as searchers tried to locate the body of her son, Pamela Barrett made available to everyone else the item that quite likely would have saved him.

implemented across North America, creating a harmonized approach between the United States and Canada. These updates represent the culmination of years of collaborative work between regulatory bodies, ...

A new life vest initiative in Bradenton called “Beach Like a Local” is dedicated to encouraging a safer swimming experience for beachgoers of all ages.

Earlier this year, the U.S. Coast Guard implemented a new rule to harmonize standards for personal flotation devices (PFDs) with Canada. This change incorporates new American National Standards ...

Everyone knows that life jackets, well, save lives. But that doesn’t mean we always wear them. The Coast Guard reports that out of the 486 recreational boating deaths in 2016, most victims—83 ...

SPRING PARK, Minn. — In 55-years fishing Lake Minnetonka, Tom Opheen has plenty of fish stories, but the story of the time he went overboard, isn’t much of a story at all. “I was fishing with my son ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ASHTABULA — The importance of life vests, and quick working emergency personnel, were dramatically shown a week ago today when two ...