Sea Tow Foundation building database for life jacket stations

NATIONWIDE—The Sea Tow Foundation – a national nonprofit dedicated to the education and awareness of safe boating practices – announced that it is collecting data from individuals and organizations around the country that operate life jacket loaner stations in an effort to create a national database of their locations. As part of a grant through the Sport Fish Restoration & Boating Trust Fund, administered by the U.S. Coast Guard, the Sea Tow Foundation operates more than 650 life jacket loaner stations nationwide. An online map at boatingsafety.com/map was developed and maintained by the Foundation of their loaner stations as part of this grant as well. However, there is not a national registry or map for all of the life jacket loaner stations operated by state agencies and other non-profit groups around the country, so the Sea Tow Foundation included the development of a national-level database into this year’s grant and hopes to register thousands more loaner stations throughout the U.S. over the coming months.  Individuals and organizations that want to have their life jacket loaner stations included in the database can submit their information via the following link: boatingsafety.com/lifejacketdatabase. The deadline for submissions is Sept. 30. “The purpose of the Life Jacket Loaner...