This draft Standard was produced by the National Boating Standards Panel in collaboration with its group of subject matter experts that comprised the K-12 Standard Workgroup. This Standard was produced under funding from a U.S. Coast Guard National Nonprofit grant.

The goal of this Standard is to educate and empower the K-12 audience to choose, use, and wear a PFD correctly. The U.S. National Water Safety Action Plan includes such a priority through one of its objectives: "Develop and implement national minimum education standards for teaching life jacket fit, type, and style; when to wear; and demonstrations to include practice fitting and use for both boating and non-boating water recreation."

This Standard is intended to be used for instruction in classrooms, camps, or any other setting, including in-water. It is not meant to replace other water safety courses or swimming lessons; this Standard will complement other instructional classes and further increase water confidence and competence.

This 90-day public review period will close December 5, 2024.

Please contact Kaci Christopher (kaci.christopher@nasbla.org) if you have questions or would like additional information.

This draft standard was originally produced by the Boating Incident Investigation Standard Workgroup under funding from a U.S. Coast Guard National Nonprofit grant. This is the third public review period under the process to be recognized as an American National Standard.

Comments will only be considered as they pertain to the items that have been substantively changed based on the comments submitted in the previous call. These changes are reflected in the standard document labeled as 'TRACKED.'

This 45-day public review period will close February 23, 2024.

Investigative Training for Boating Incidents standard is for use in curriculum development and training of recreational boating incident investigators in the U.S. States, Territories, and District of Columbia. These Standards provide commonality for recreational boat incident investigations, general vessel terminology, navigation rules and regulations, environmental distractions, witness interviews, collision dynamics, evidence collection and preservation, diagramming, and report writing, including adherence to definitions and detail in the incident narrative with particular focus on human factor causal elements. Standards are developed with intention to be recognized as the industry standard.

Contact Matt Majors (matt.majors@nasbla.org or Kaci Christopher (kaci.christopher@nasbla.org) if you have questions or would like additional information.

This draft standard was originally produced by the Boating Incident Investigation Standard Workgroup under funding from a U.S. Coast Guard National Nonprofit grant. This is the second public review period under the process to be recognized as an American National Standard.

Comments will only be considered as they pertain to the items that have been substantively changed based on the comments submitted in the previous call. These changes are reflected in the standard document labeled as 'TrackedChanges.'

This 45-day public review period will close October 2, 2023.

Investigative Training for Boating Incidents standard is for use in curriculum development and training of recreational boating incident investigators in the U.S. States, Territories, and District of Columbia. These Standards provide commonality for recreational boat incident investigations, general vessel terminology, navigation rules and regulations, environmental distractions, witness interviews, collision dynamics, evidence collection and preservation, diagramming, and report writing, including adherence to definitions and detail in the incident narrative with particular focus on human factor causal elements. Standards are developed with intention to be recognized as the industry standard.

Contact Matt Majors (matt.majors@nasbla.org or Kaci Christopher (kaci.christopher@nasbla.org) if you have questions or would like additional information.

A sixth Public Review period runs October 15, 2021, through November 29, 2021, for the following draft standard:

- NASBLA 100-20XX: Basic Boating Knowledge - Core

Comments on the Public Review Draft must relate to the specific items changed from the previous public review posting as illustrated in the "Track Change" documents. Please submit comments using the "Add a Comment" link in the box below the draft standard on the "My Panels" page. Additional instructions will be found on the "Add a Comment" form.

Contact esp@nasbla.org if you have questions or need additional information.

Pamela Dillon,
NASBLA Standards Director
pam@nasbla.org

A fifth Public Review period runs August 13, 2021, through September 12, 2021, for the following draft standards:

- NASBLA 100-20XX: Basic Boating Knowledge - Core
- NASBLA 101-20XX: Basic Boating Knowledge - Plus Human-Propelled

Comments on the Public Review Draft must relate to the specific items changed from the previous public review posting as illustrated in the "Track Change" documents. Please submit comments using the "Add a Comment" link in the box below the draft standard on the "My Panels" page. Additional instructions will be found on the "Add a Comment" form.

Contact esp@nasbla.org if you have questions or need additional information.

Pamela Dillon,
NASBLA Standards Director
pam@nasbla.org