{"id":113,"date":"2012-05-22T16:33:30","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T16:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/?p=113"},"modified":"2014-07-16T09:51:38","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T14:51:38","slug":"boating-safety-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/2012\/boating-safety-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Boating Safety Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Boating season is here in Texas and our area lakes. Whether you&#8217;re headed out to Lake Lewisville, Grapevine Lake, Granbury Lake, or Ray Roberts Lake in Denton, here are some tips to help make your boating experience safe!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wear a coast guard approved life jacket<\/strong> while boating.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keep a fire extinguisher on board<\/strong> and check the expiration date before each boating season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t drink and boat.<\/strong> Alcohol use is the leading contributing factor in fatal boating\u00a0accidents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fuel your boat properly<\/strong> and always run the blower 5 minutes after fueling to eliminate gasoline vapors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Check the weather.<\/strong> Weather can change rapidly on the water. Tune in to your local weather station, or visit the NOAA website for up to date weather information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Participate in the Vessel Safety Check\u00a0 (VSC) Program<\/strong>, a free public service offered by U.S. Coast Guard Auxilliary and the U.S. Power Squadron volunteer organizations. Learn more at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.safetyseal.net\">www.safetyseal.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Be safe and enjoy your time on our North Texas area lakes!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boating season is here in Texas and our area lakes. Whether you&#8217;re headed out to Lake Lewisville, Grapevine Lake, Granbury Lake, or Ray Roberts Lake in Denton, here are some tips to help make your boating experience safe! Wear a coast guard approved life jacket while boating. Keep a fire extinguisher on board and check [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115,"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113\/revisions\/115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}