Experience-Based Training Focused on Life Jacket Use and CPR
The Changwon Maritime Police in Gyeongnam are participating as teachers in the Neulbom School, running Coastal Safety Classes at local elementary schools.
The Changwon Maritime Police announced on the 15th that starting with Masansinwol Elementary School in Changwon on the 13th, they will operate the Neulbom School Coastal Safety Class for six months until October, targeting elementary schools in the area that apply.
Students and teachers from Masansinwol Elementary School in Changwon, Gyeongnam, along with Changwon Coast Guard, are taking a commemorative photo together after completing the Neulbom School Coastal Safety Class. [Photo by Changwon Coast Guard]
For lower-grade elementary students, experiential education such as ▲ trying on life jackets ▲ CPR practice ▲ learning survival swimming will be provided, helping future generations to enjoyably develop maritime safety awareness.
▲ Cases and precautions of coastal safety accidents ▲ Water play safety rules and other essential maritime safety knowledge that should not be forgotten even as adults will also be explained in an easy-to-understand manner.
Sergeant Bae Daehan of Changwon Coast Guard Station is conducting a coastal safety class at Neulbom School in Masan Sinwol Elementary School, Changwon. [Photo by Changwon Coast Guard Station]
The Changwon Maritime Police will promote the ongoing “Wear a Life Jacket at Sea!” campaign to spread maritime safety culture, and life jackets used as learning materials will be given as gifts to participating students.
Bae Daehan, a former national swimming team candidate and certified children's sports instructor, will serve as the lead instructor for the Coastal Safety Class.
At Masansinwol Elementary School, where the first Neulbom School session by the Changwon Maritime Police was held on the 14th, Chief Kim Youngcheol personally helped students put on life jackets and taught them the correct way to wear them, supporting the successful operation of the program.
Kim Youngchul, chief of Changwon Coast Guard Station, is putting a life jacket on a student from Masan Sinwol Elementary School in Changwon and explaining how to wear it. Photo by Changwon Coast Guard Station
Chief Kim said, “Through the Neulbom School Coastal Safety Class, I hope that proper water safety rules such as wearing life jackets will become second nature from a young age so that children can enjoy water activities safely. This year as well, Changwon Maritime Police will do our utmost to establish a maritime safety culture and protect the lives of citizens.”
Kim, a first-grade student at Masansinwol Elementary School, said, “In summer, I go to the sea or swimming pool with my family. I will remember how to wear a life jacket properly, as I learned this time, and make sure to wear it correctly and play safely this summer.”
Neulbom School is a comprehensive educational program that supports students’ growth and development by connecting various educational resources from schools and the local community outside of regular classes. It integrates the existing elementary after-school classes and care services.
The Gyeongnam Office of Education has operated the Neulbom integrated care center since 2021 and started the Gyeongnam-style Neulbom School this year. In the first semester, it targets 159 schools in the province and plans to expand to all elementary schools in the second semester.
For more information about applying for the Changwon Maritime Police Coastal Safety Class, contact the Maritime Safety Division of the Changwon Maritime Police Station.
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