Education. Awareness.
Equipment Implementation.
Making Beaches Safer
One Station At A Time in Cocoa Beach and Cape Canaveral.
Drown Zero initiative started as a Cocoa Beach Rotary Club project that has successfully implemented sixty-two (62) Drown Zero flotation device stations along Cocoa Beach and Cape Canaveral from Harbor Heights Avenue to South 15th Street. These “Throw – Don’t Go!” stations are available for adoption, which helps make the Drown Zero Project possible. The Drown Zero project has been made possible by the Surfing’s Evolution and Preservation Foundation ,Cocoa Beach Rotary Club in conjunction with the Cities of Cocoa Beach and Cape Canaveral.
Intrested in Making Beaches Safer
in your community?
Drown Zero International now has the ability with support from the Surfing’s Evolution and Preservation Foundations as well as donations to help bring this lifesaving project to your community. Please feel free to contact us for more information.
drownzeroint@gmail.com
321-704-0151
Making Beaches Safer with your adoptions in South Brevard County beaches.
You can adopt a station in:
Satellite Beach and Indian Harbor Beach contact Michelle Tracy@ MTracy60@gmail.com
Melbourne Beach contact Julie Lang Kirkpatrick@ jkirkpatrick@langasset.com
Prevention Starts Early
The Rotary Club is committed to drowning prevention. In addition to the local Cocoa Beach chapter and its’ implementation of the Drown Zero project, Rotary International is dedicated to creating water safety behavior for all children that will be passed on from generation to generation.
Currently, nearly every state and 4 countries are involved in the Josh The Baby Otter program, educating children to stay away from water without an adult. Rotary members have purchased over $650,000 in Josh the Otter drowning prevention materials since 2010, and they have distributed 500,000 complimentary books to children worldwide. The Cocoa Beach Club each year supports water safety education at Roosevelt Elementary, Our Saviour Catholic School, Freedom 7 Elementary, Cape View Elementary, and First United Methodist Church Kindergarten. Click Here to Learn More About the Josh The Otter Program
Ocean Safety & Preparedness
Rip currents account for over 80% of rescues performed by surf beach lifeguards. The Drown Zero Program hopes to raise awareness of ocean hazards, such as riptides, that are estimated to attribute to over 100 deaths each year. Here is what you should know about rip currents:
Rip currents pull people away from shore.
Rip current speeds can vary from moment to moment and can quickly increase to become dangerous to anyone in the water
Rip currents can sweep even the strongest swimmer away from shore
Click Here to Learn More About Why Rip Currents Are Dangerous
Use The “Throw, Don’t Go!” Method
The 42 Cocoa Beach Flotation stations provide beaches without lifeguards (unguarded or off duty) a means to assist a distressed swimmer. In the event of a distressed swimmer, the Drown Zero program advises the public to do the following:
Call 9-1-1 for help
Utilize the orange floatation rings to “Throw…Don’t Go!”
into the waterKeep eyes on the swimmer until the first responders arrive.
Contact
Feel free to contact us with any questions.
Email
drownzeroint@gmail.com
Phone
321-704-0151
Special Thanks to the Surfing's Evolution & Preservation Foundation
Antoinette Interiors
Armstrong Chiropractic
Center State Bank
Coconuts on the Beach
Craig Technologies
Edward Jones Investing
Entech Innovative Engineering
Florida Surf Museum
Juice -N- Java
J&S Gold and Silver
Cocoa Beach Kiwanis Club
LGL CPA
Orbis Investment Group
Sandbar
Space Shirts
The Tiny Turtle
Veterans Realty of Brevard
Dave & Kim Brown, Cocoa Beach Residents
Suzanne Violet, Cocoa Beach Resident
Brown and Brown
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