Peter Cornall

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Peter Cornall

• Head of Water and Leisure Safety
• Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
  (RoSPA)

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Drowning Chain

• Ignorance, disregard or misjudgement of danger
• Uninformed or unrestricted access to the water
  hazard
• Lack of supervision
• Inability of victim to cope (or be rescued) once
  in difficulty

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Types of water sites

• What areas of water were included in the study
• What types of water body were outside the
  parameters of the research project

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How much water?

• 2,320km of navigable canal
• 900km of un-navigable canal
• 2,100km of abandoned canal
• 34,000km of designated main rivers- of which
  3,000km are navigable
• 1,932 enclosed water bodies that are 1 hectare or
  larger in size

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Framework of responsibility and regulation

• Who controls and operates these waterways
• Who and what are these water ways used for
• Who responds to incidents on them
• Who records this information

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What are the drowning prevention control measures
currently in place?

• Denial or restriction of access and/or provision
  of warnings
• Education and information
• Supervision and the provision of rescue equipment
  or services
• Acquisition of rescue and survival skills

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How effective are the current strategies?

• Strengths
• Weaknesses

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