2009年12月16日星期三

Alverstocracy - Gosport OSCAR for sea safety

21st December 2005: The Coastguard accept awarded one of the actual aboriginal 'Sea Smart Safety Awards' to Gosport Tourist Information Centre. These awards recognise and accolade those TICs about the bank that are authoritative a cogent addition to sea and bank safety. Gosport is one of just seven TICs in Great Britain to be awarded a Silver Sea Smart Safety Award.

According to analysis by the Coastguard's Sea Smart campaign, over a third of parents acute sea and bank assurance advice would acquaintance or appointment a Tourist Information Centre. However, alone 40% of bank Tourist Information Centres visited had assurance leaflets on affectation or handed over assurance leaflets if accurately asked.

This summer, abstruseness shoppers visited bank Tourist Information Centres about England, Scotland and Wales, to appraise the ambit and above of sea and bank assurance advice accessible to the public, and amount the helpfulness of the account they received. Those accouterment an accomplished account accustomed a Silver accolade and those traveling aloft and above the alarm of assignment accustomed a Gold award. The 12 winners are:

Tourist Information Centre Sea Smart Safety Award
Castlebay Gold
Felixstowe Gold
Forth Bridges Gold
Southend-on-Sea Gold
Whitley Bay Gold
Barry Island Silver
Filey Silver
Gosport Silver
Hunstanton Silver
Lochboisdale Silver
Seaford Silver
Withernsea Silver

Chief Coastguard John Astbury commented: "Tourist Information Centres are a basic antecedent of bank assurance advice for the accepted public. These awards are advised to accede some of the accomplished plan that is accepting done. We aswell ambition to animate all TICs based about the bank to chase these animated examples because this plan can actually accomplish the aberration amid a abundant day out and a abeyant tragedy."

The Sea Smart Safety Awards adjourned whether Tourist Information Centres abounding any chargeless sea and bank assurance materials. The Coastguard provides chargeless leaflets, posters and postcards, as able-bodied as wrist bands which accredit accouchement to be reunited with their parents if they get absent on the beach. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) works carefully with the Coastguard and aswell provides chargeless abstracts on sea and bank assurance to TICs.

The Coastguard Sea Smart attack promotes sea and bank assurance to parents of adolescent accouchement to abate austere injuries and deaths on our bank every year. To anticipate a ancestors day out axis into a tragedy, parents are audacious to chase this simple four-point Sea Smart cipher if at the beach:

Spot the dangers
Always go with a friend
Find and apprehend the assurance signs
Emergency? Stick your duke up and shout, acquaint a lifeguard or bite 999 for Coastguard

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