Water Safety
A few of the guys at MCAA attended a water safety course to day.
It was presented by Dr.George Parsonage MBE from the Glasgow Humane Society.down at Glasgow Green
Some of it involved how to throw ropes to people who have been unlucky enough to find them self s falling in.
It was explained to the group the importance of how to use these ropes instead of putting yourself in danger and jumping in after someone,might sound strange but it happens all the time.
He demo'd the procedure and gave us a go.
The object was to throw the rope to the casualty, in this case life belts which were lying on the grass.and you would be surprised just how close some of the guys got to the targets.
He showed us a home made one and is simply a rubber ring (the type you would buy for a dog)with a rope tied to it,after the course was finished we all decided to make one and keep it in our fishing bags ,just in case.
The rest of the time George gave us a talk about general river safety and some of the past experiences he has had. We were also shown how to use ropes to get up and down steep or muddy banks.He also mentioned about us fishermen/women not wearing life jackets or buoyancy aids when out fishing,something which got me thinking about taking mine out the drawer and start using it.
Personally I think we all need to think about using buoyancy aids.
Some of the guys having a go
It was presented by Dr.George Parsonage MBE from the Glasgow Humane Society.down at Glasgow Green
Some of it involved how to throw ropes to people who have been unlucky enough to find them self s falling in.
It was explained to the group the importance of how to use these ropes instead of putting yourself in danger and jumping in after someone,might sound strange but it happens all the time.
He demo'd the procedure and gave us a go.
The object was to throw the rope to the casualty, in this case life belts which were lying on the grass.and you would be surprised just how close some of the guys got to the targets.
He showed us a home made one and is simply a rubber ring (the type you would buy for a dog)with a rope tied to it,after the course was finished we all decided to make one and keep it in our fishing bags ,just in case.
The rest of the time George gave us a talk about general river safety and some of the past experiences he has had. We were also shown how to use ropes to get up and down steep or muddy banks.He also mentioned about us fishermen/women not wearing life jackets or buoyancy aids when out fishing,something which got me thinking about taking mine out the drawer and start using it.
Personally I think we all need to think about using buoyancy aids.
Some of the guys having a go
Rab in full flight.
I would like to thank George for his time and expertise.
Tight lines.
Alan
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