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Water safety and activity around the world.

Please note the Lifesaving Society - Manitoba chapter provides this list as a public service. The Lifesaving Society is not responsible for, and does not necessarily endorse, the contents of any of these web sites.

[Updated 2005.08.04]

Canadian Lifesaving Society branches:	National Office The Lifesaving Society, the lifeguarding experts, works to prevent drownings and water-related injuries through its training programs, drowning research, Water Smart® public education and aquatic safety management services. Alberta & NWT The Lifesaving Society is a National, nonprofit, voluntary organization that has been training swimmers to be lifesavers and lifeguards since 1908. We are dedicated to the prevention of water-related incidents and the saving of life in aquatic environments across Canada. British Columbia & Yukon The Lifesaving Society (formerly the Royal Lifesaving Society) is a not-for-profit organization whose mandate is to reduce water-related death and injury. The Society has been educating the public and training lifesavers and lifeguards in B.C. since 1911. New Brunswick The Lifesaving Society is a national, charitable, not-for-profit, volunteer-based organization dedicated to saving lives through drowning prevention. The Lifesaving Society has already taught over two million Canadians to save lives in aquatic environments. Newfoundland and Labrador The Newfoundland and Labrador Branch of the Lifesaving Society joined as a member of the Royal Lifesaving Society on May 23, 1969. Approximately 2,000 individuals in Newfoundland and Labrador are trained and certified annually in the awards of the Canadian Lifesaving Program.	Nova Scotia The Lifesaving Society - Nova Scotia Branch is a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to preventing accidents and saving life in aquatic environments. It has been training swimmers to be lifesavers, lifeguards and instructors since 1896. Ontario The Lifesaving Society works to prevent drowning and water-related injury through our training programs, Water Smart® public education and aquatic safety management services. On average, more than 600 Canadians die every year in water-related incidents – most of them in unsupervised settings. Quebec La Société de sauvetage est un organisme humanitaire dont la raison d'être est la préservation de la vie humaine. Chef de file en surveillance aquatique au Québec depuis 1909, c'est par la sensibilisation, l'éducation et la prévention des incidents associés à l'eau, ainsi que par la formation en intervention d'urgence auprès des individus qu'elle entend atteindre ses objectifs. Saskatchewan The Lifesaving Society is a national, charitable, volunteer, not for profit organization dedicated to the prevention of drowning and aquatic incidents throughout Canada. Since 1896 the Society has provided lifesaving education which encourages safety in aquatic activity and prepares rescuers to respond to aquatic emergencies.

Members of the Royal Lifesaving Society Commonwealth:	Royal Life Saving Society - Australia We are in the business of saving lives through providing quality safety services, education programs, resources and consultancy. The Society operates wherever there is a demonstrated need throughout Australia and the Asia Pacific Region. Royal Life Saving Society - UK Lifesavers, The Royal Life Saving Society UK, is the leading drowning prevention organisation in the UK and the UK governing body for Lifesaving and Lifeguarding.	Royal Life Saving Society - New Zealand The Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS), New Zealand is a voluntary organisation teaching modern lifesaving techniques. The movement, which grew from that, started in England in 1892, is now very strong in New Zealand and is continually revising its techniques to maintain parity with modern advances in lifesaving achieved in other commonwealth countries.

Other organizations/ companies:	Canadian Red Cross We help people deal with situations that threaten: their survival and safety; their security and well-being; and their human dignity in Canada and around the world. Dive Rescue International Training and Equipment for Public Safety Professionals Divers Alert Network Divers Alert Network (DAN) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit medical and research organization dedicated to the safety and health of recreational scuba divers and associated with Duke University Medical Center (DUMC). DAN is supported by the largest association of recreational divers in the world. Emergency Rescue Response Service Inc. ERRS is an Emergency Services Solutions Provider. ERRS delivers training to individuals and groups right from the basic to the advance at our offices or at your agencies sites at your convenience. Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht, Hypothermia Research, University of Manitoba Dr. Giesbrecht operates the Laboratory for Exercise and Environmental Medicine where he studies human responses to exercise/work in extreme environments. He has conducted hundreds of cold water immersion studies that have provided valuable information about cold stress physiology and pre-hospital care for human hypothermia. Hypothermia Technology Website A Hypothermia Treatment Technology Web Site. Junior Lifeguarding Created by the LIfesaving Society, this web site has lifeguarding and coaching information tailored to the Junior Lifeguard. Lifesaving Resources Inc. (USA) Lifesaving Resources, Inc. is a private corporation providing training and consulting services in the field of Aquatics Safety, Water Rescue, Ice Rescue, and EMS for the Lifeguard and Aquatic Recreation and Safety Sector, as well as for the Public Safety and Rescue Sector. Lifeguard Teaching Resources Collected reference materials from a BC instructor.	Stephanie Gaetz KEEPSAFE Foundation Founded by Barbara Underhill and Rick Gaetz to promote safety education and injury prevention among children. Sask-Rescue Club Our club has a long standing reputation of professionalism, leadership and excellence in the aquatic rescue field. Since 1989, we have won the Saskatchewan Lifeguard Championships every time except in 1990 and in 1992. We are recognized on a provincial and national level as being an organization of the highest quality when it comes to training lifesavers, lifeguards and leaders. SwimCity "Swim City, the ultimate swimming page with swimming related items unlike anything else you will ever see on the Net. " SurfElite "A Comprehensive Sports Resource For Those In Pursuit Of Elite Sports Performance" Lifesavers Direct (RLSS UK Enterprises) Lifesavers Direct is the trading arm of Lifesavers - the Royal Life Saving Society UK, the UK's leading organisation dedicated to the prevention of loss of life in water-related incidents by the provision of education in water safety, rescue and lifeguarding. Lifesavers Direct supply a wide range of equipment, publications and clothing. All profits are covenanted back to Lifesavers UK. Your purchase helps save lives. Surf Lifesaving Association - Great Britain The Surf Life Saving Association of Great Britain (SLSA of GB) was formed in 1955. Its motto is "Vigilance and Service". It is a charitable company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital. US Lifesaving Association We are America's nonprofit, professional association of beach lifeguards and open water rescuers. USLA works to reduce the incidence of death and injury in the aquatic environment through public education, national lifeguard standards, training programs, promotion of high levels of lifeguard readiness, and other means.