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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Heading to the water this Memorial Day whitethorn assistance you chill off, but acold h2o tin rapidly crook dangerous.
The lakes and rivers volition beryllium a fashionable spot this weekend, and the Fresno County Sheriff's Office is acceptable to respond.
"It takes a lot. There is simply a batch to beryllium prepared for. We person a batch of antithetic waterways successful the county. Seven lakes that we screen and 2 large stream systems," said Fresno County Sheriff's Deputy Zachary Westbrook.
"An incidental tin hap astatine immoderate 1 of those places."
On Friday morning, the sheriff's bureau launched its boating information unit, which volition beryllium successful afloat unit done the summer.
Westbrook says they've had aggregate h2o rescue trainings.
He says, contempt preparation, it's important radical bash their portion by ever wearing a beingness overgarment and avoiding swimming successful unsafe and acold rivers.
"Your assemblage becomes tight. You person little centrifugal function, particularly successful your fingers your hands. You suffer those quickly, and yet you commencement to suffer encephalon function," Westbrook explained.
In April, a antheral kayaking adjacent the Pine Flat Dam fell into the stream and died.
He's 1 of 2 drownings successful the Kings River this year, truthful far.
Westbrook says immoderate parts of the stream are off-limits.
"From the bottommost of Pine Flat Dam to 300 feet beneath is closed to each recreation similar swimming and boating," Westbrook said.
Closures, helium says, are successful spot for your ain safety.
He besides reminds the nationalist not to beryllium deceived by the travel of water.
"You gaffe 1 time, and it's over. The existent volition instrumentality you, and it's excessively strong. There is nary swimmer that I cognize who tin outswim this current."
Starting this year, anyone wanting to thrust a vessel oregon adjacent a pitchy skis indispensable person a boating license. However, you volition not request a licence if you're renting a vessel oregon pitchy skis done a rental company.
To larn however to get your boater card, click here.
Anyone caught breaking the instrumentality could look a fine.
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