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Welcome to the National Canoe Safety Patrol!

The Upper Delaware National Canoe Safety Patrol (NCSP) has served the river community for over 30 years providing river safety and swiftwater rescue operations. NCSP members are all volunteers and pay for the equipment they carry and patrol expenses they incur traveling to the Upper Delaware River. We welcome new members and provide training for members the last weekend in April and throughout the patrol season. For more information on the National Canoe Safety Patrol, contact us at 646-205-2723.

River Safety Tip: It is important to wear your personal flotation device (life jacket) at all times while on the water. Even if you are fishing... it is a good idea.

FALL DINNER 2010 NOV 6TH

PLACE: THE INN AT LACKAWAXEN

DATE: SATURDAY, NOV 6TH

TIME: 4:30-5:00 COCKTAILS 5-7 DINNER

AND AWARDS TO FOLLOW

PRICE $25

RSVP BY: OCT 15TH
VCOM@NATIONALCANOESAFETYPATROL.COM
WITH DINNER CHOICE AND NUMBER TO ATTEND.

DINNER CHOICES:

ROAST SIRLOIN

STUFFED CHICKEN

STUFFED TIPALIA

PASTA PRIMAVERA

(OVEN ROASTED POTATOES, STRING BEANS ALMONDINE)

DESERT, COFFEE, TEAM DECAF.

(BOARD MEETING FROM 3:30-4:30PM)

July Skill Drills

     Below is a suggested AGENDA for the July 11 & 12 NCSP/NPS Skill Drills from 9 -11 am at Zane Grey.

               Combat Swimming
                   * Entry - head up, protect face
                   * Self-rescue - std practice
                   * Defensive/Aggressive swimming transitions
                   * Crossing eddy lines - Safe vs bad eddies
                   * Ferrying technique
                   * Buggie Board (optional)

               Rescue Vest
                   * Components & precautions (use requires training)
                   * Applications
                         + Anchor & Belay
                         + Tethered rescue of swimmer
                         + Direct lower & V lower
                         + Tow boat w/tether
                         + Personal extraction


            Primary instructors: Mike Webster, NCSP & Kevin Reish, NPS
            Safety & back up: Dick Rhodes

            Note:The same Skill Drill topics are repeated on both days to achieve SWR training objectives while still completing normal duty/patrol assignments.

What a Sojourn?

With weather holding all week, the 2010 Delaware River Sojourn was a great success. 7-9 NCSP volunteers guided 400 plus paddlers from the Upper Delaware all the way to the Tide waters in Camden/Philly area. 24 brave souls took the entire trip, camping and celebrating the the river only as a sojourn can. We paddled the canal and lock system in the Easton, PA area and took our daily group photo on and near the Lumberville Pedestrian Bridge. This years theme "Bridging the Delaware Valley, connecting communities" fit our trip as we had multiple generations, and age range from 5 to 75. Aunt Martha Jean was talked into it, and then talked here niece Isabella into staying longer. When asked what they thought, they responded, " I never knew the river could be so much fun, it's so different in all the sections."

NCSP provided the most valuable part of the sojourn, safety and piece of mind and great company around the camp fires.

Thanks for a job well done see you next Sojourn.

DeJay

VC 2010

NCSP Photos