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Contact us:

PFD Loaner Board Program Contact:

Maria Bailey, 465-4170

Educational Program Contacts:

Kelli Toth, Alaska Boating Safety Program, 269-6042

Online Forms:

• Existing Sponsor Renewal
• Become a Sponsor
• Share Your Story!

Quick Links:

WATER SAFETY LINKS

• KDF Resource Page
• AMSEA
• Alaska Office of Boating Safety
• U.S. Coast Guard
  

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LOANER BOARD SITE (pdf, 45kb)

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Kids Don't Float
PFD Loaner Program:

 

The Kids Don’t Float program has two components: a PFD (personal flotation device) Loaner Board Program and an Educational Program. Each program component is designed to be stand-alone and can be implemented by interested community groups or individual sponsors.

What is a PFD?

A PFD is a Personal Floatation Device. Our PFD Loaner Program provides Personal Floatation Devices (PFDs) for kids to use at harbors and boat ramps.

About the PFD Loaner Program...

Alaska’s Kids Don't Float life jacket loaner board program has been a success. More than 466 KDF loaner boards have been placed in communities around the state, hosted by many different agencies, organizations, and individuals. At least fifteen Alaskan children are known to have survived a near-drowning accident because of a Kids Don't Float life jacket. In a 1997 study, the observed life jacket wear increased from 16% to 35% at a loaner board site immediately following its installation. A 2001 observational wear-rate study conducted by the Alaska Boating Safety Program, the U.S Coast Guard D 17 and the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, showed that the wear rates of children between 0 and 17 years of age increased by 25% in those areas with loaner boards.

Sponsors...

Renew an existing sponsorship or become a sponsor for the Kids Don't Float Loaner Board Program using these forms:

• Existing Sponsor -
  Update/Request Form
• Become a Sponsor -
  New Site Loaner Board Form
  
  

Important PFD Loaner Board Program Information...

• Sponsor a Kids Don't Float Site in Your Community
• Kids Don’t Float Loaner Board Sponsor manual
• 2010 Kids Don’t Float Loaner Board program: Participating Communities

 

KDF Presentation...

• Powerpoint presentation on the Kids Don't Float program (2.7mb)
• PDF of Kids Don't Float Program presentation (1mb)

 

Contact us:

PFD Loaner Program Contact:

Maria Bailey, 465-4170

Educational Program Contact:

Kelli Toth, Alaska Boating Safety Program, 269-6042