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Water Safety Coalition Meeting

Join us on December 7

The New Jersey Swim Safety Alliance, New Jersey Recreation and Park Association & The ZAC Foundation invite you to the NJ Water Safety Coalition Meeting, where we’ll dive into important discussions and start to build a NJ Water Safety Strategy, as encouraged by the National Water Safety Strategy.

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Thursday, December 7, 2023
9:30 AM – 3:00 PM
Heavenly Farms Art Center
440 Dunhams Corner Rd
East Brunswick, NJ

There has been tremendous interest in our efforts to bring water safety professionals and activists together to make New Jerseyans safer in and around water. About 30 different agencies and organizations have participated in planning discussions to help give our effort shape and direction.

If you are unable to attend or if there is another water safety stakeholder that you feel should attend, please share this invitation with them.

The day’s agenda (in formation) will include panels and discussions on key topics:

  1. Understanding the Drowning Burden in NJ: A Look at the Data
  2. Strategies for Children, 0-4
  3. Focus on Children & Teens: Partnering with Schools
  4. Open Water: Beaches, Lakes and Rivers
  5. Effective Outreach to Underserved Communities
  6. Workshop Session: Creating a New Jersey Water Safety Strategy
  7. Sustaining our Work – Strategies to Move This Work Forward

Together, we can make a difference in promoting water safety in New Jersey. Don’t miss out!

Special thanks to event sponsor, the Northeast Spa & Pool Association

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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.