A TOWN ON THE
ONSLOW-PENDER
COUNTY LINE IS
IMPLEMENTING NEW
MEASURES TO SAVE
LIVES.
SURF CITY'S FIRE
DEPARTMENT IS
LAUNCHING ITS BEACH
CONDITION FLAG
PROGRAM, PROVIDING
BEACH GOERS TOOLS TO
AVOID DANGERS...
AND POTENTIALLY SAVE
LIVES.
9OYS CAMILA BARCO
SHARES HOW THIS
PROGRAM WORKS.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
SURF CITY, 11 BEACH
ACCESS POINTS WILL
HAVE FLOTATION
DEVICES AND SOLID
COLORED FLAGS,
WARNING PEOPLE ABOUT
THE WATER CONDITIONS
PKG: "We got the flags out
there today.
Today is a yellow day, it's a
moderate risk day so that's a
good thing." AND FRIDAY,
IS THE FIRST DAY PEOPLE
IN SURF CITY WILL SEE
ANY TYPE OF BEACH
WARNING FLAG WAVE.
"You'll see the beach
warning flag.
It will indicate the current
beach conditions." PEOPLE
WILL ALSO FIND THESE
RESCUE CANS.
THEY'RE HERE, READY TO
BE USED WHENEVER
SOMEONE'S STRUGGLING
IN THE WATER.
"These are not toys, we don't
want people playing with
them.
They're for rescue only."
THE TOWN'S FIRE
DEPARTMENT IS
LAUNCHING THESE
SAFETY MEASURES,
SPOTLIGHTING RIP
CURRENTS AND BEACH
SAFETY.
"We can teach people how
to recognize the rip, how to
be able to self rescue so the
rescue personnel doesn't
have to that would be the
key." THE IDEA STEMS
FROM INCREASES IN
WATER RESCUES THIS
YEAR.
"Just the first few weeks of
the summer, we were seeing
40 to 50 rescues, typically in
a year we may see a dozen,
in a whole year." EACH
SIDE OF A BEACH ACCESS
INDICATING WHAT EACH
COLOR FLAG MEANS.
THE SIGNS, FLAGS, AND
RESCUE CANS WILL BE
STATIONED BETWEEN
13TH AND 23RD STREET.
CHIEF ALLEN WILLIAMS
SAYS IT'S BEEN THE
HOT-SPOT FOR THIS
SUMMER'S RESCUES.
""We felt like if we could get
something in the water, that
the can float on and help
them stay calm, at least they
can self-rescue, or they can
stay calm or float or the
rescuers get to shore." THE
FLOTATION DEVICE
WON'T JUST HELP
PEOPLE UNTIL A FIRST
RESPONDER ARRIVE -- IT
CAN POSSIBLY SAVE A
LIFE.
LL:NO NEED TO EDIT
SAME AS BEFORE THE
FIRE CHIEF SAYS IF THIS
PROGRAM IS
SUCCESSFUL, THEY MAY
EXPAND IT IN THE
FUTURE.
IN SURF CITY CAMILA
BARCO 9OYS.
