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NJ Water Safety Summit

This winter, New Jersey Swim Safety Alliance, the Zak Foundation, and NJRecreation and Parks Association gathered over 120 drowning prevention professionals at the NJ Water Safety Summit. Attendees participated in a full day of presentations and work groups with a goal in mind. To create a comprehensive Drowning Prevention Strategy, representing all the exceptional work currently being done and forecasting for what will be needed in New Jersey to reduce drownings in the Garden State. They also hope to create an organization that can continue to keep the value of water safety as a priority here.

Since December 7, 2023, Chuck Warner and Judith Leblein Josephs, both Founding Board Members of the NJSSA have taken on the task of formalizing the hard work done at the NJ Water Safety Summit into a document to be shared with key legislators, state decision-makers and all those agencies that participated that day including all those that are quickly joining the effort. That document, which will ultimately find its home on the NJSSA website available for the public. This NJ Water Safety Strategy is a vehicle for NJSSA to continue the work through sharing resources, collaborating on projects, seeking funding, and foster the networking started at the Water Safety Summit.

This remarkable one-day event has already created incredible alliances between participants who never knew each other, rarely interacted, and has shown the remarkable work already being done statewide. All this effort has been done without a major “voice” in Trenton, in municipalities, counties as well as among commercial aquatics providers, waterparks, beaches, and waterfronts.

The room that day was a buzz of interaction, ideas for collaboration and new partnerships. So, what’s next? After sharing the remarkable work being done statewide, you can only imagine what we could achieve together!!! The interaction seems to grow daily with new collaborations being formed, all resulting from this one-day effort. Just imagine…………

NJ Swim Safety Alliance is in touch with team leads from the Summit and is working to build a New Jersey Water Safety Plan for review. Stay tuned for updates on this ongoing process.

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David is the Founder and President of National Safety Training Center and its predecessor companies – Elite Tactical Academy and Mine Brook Search & Rescue, Inc.  He is  a seasoned business leader and public safety education expert. He currently focuses on running this large training center and keeps active teaching both provider level classes and many instructor level classes.

He holds numerous certifications including:

  • American Red Cross Instructor / Trainer
    • BLS / ALS / PALS
    • Lay Rescuer
    • Lifeguarding
    • Babysitting
  • American Heart Association Training Center Faculty
    • BLS
    • HeartSaver
  • National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians Instructor
    • Tactical Emergency Casualty Care
    • Pre Hospital Trauma Life Support
    • Mental Health Resilience Officer
    • Psychological Trauma in EMS Patients

 

David has previously worked as a Red Cross employee in 2 roles:

  • Public Safety Instructor for the Northern VT Chapter – teaching corporate classes for the Red Cross
  • Lifeguard Instructor / Trainer / Educator for the National Association – Teaching the Instructor / Trainer Academies to create new Lifeguard Instructor / Trainers.

 

David lives in the Martinsville section of Bridgewater NJ with his family who are also active in the Public Safety Training / Medical training business. He is a local volunteer Firefighter / EMT, something he has been doing since 1984! David also serves as a volunteer in the US Coast Guard on a specialized deployable communications team.

Dr. Angela K. Beale is an Associate Professor, and Program Coordinator of the Health/Physical Education, Teacher Education  (HPETE) Program, in the Department of Content Area Teacher Education (CATE), in the College of Education, at Rowan University. Dr. Beale Tawfeeq’s belief as an educator and researcher are grounded in her mission of “building bridges to break down barriers” in communities, a trend that was established during her developmental years, via personal, educational,  and physical activity experiences. Dr. Beale Tawfeeq specializes in youth development through aquatic physical activity, curriculum development in health and physical education, and water safety and drowning prevention education in K-12 schools, and community-based organizations. Her recent professional include co-authoring of the most recent National Health Education Standards for the Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE America, 2024), a contributor and expert reviewer to the United States National Water Safety Action Plan  (2024). She currently serves as a board member and director of education and research  for Diversity In Aquatics (DIA), a non-profit 501 4c organization, whose mission is to educate, promote, and support water  safety and healthy aquatic activities for vulnerable populations, member of American Red Cross, Scientific Advisory  Council, Aquatic Sub Council; board member of the Habitheque Blue and Green Fund, which was formed to promote and  further societal awareness of emerging technologies and techniques for water conservation, ecosystem restoration and  renewable energy, while also providing a vision for scaling these advancements for global impact.