Life Jacket Loan Program

FREE Life Jacket Loan-Out Program
Cosumnes CSD Life Jacket Loan Locations:
Station 45 - 229 5th St (Galt)
Station 71 - 8760 Elk Grove Blvd (Central Elk Grove)
Station 75 - 2300 Maritime Dr (Laguna West)

Going Boating this weekend? The Department of Boating and Waterways has partnered with local fire stations to make life jackets available to the public on a loan basis. Each station has life jackets for children and adults. An individual or family can check out life jackets for a day or a weekend simply by completing a loan form.

You should always wear a life jacket when near the water or on a boat. Any person on board a personal watercraft or being towed behind a vessel on water skis, an aquaplane or similar device must wear a Type I, II, III, or V U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jacket.

Safe Kids Worldwide reports an estimated 85 percent of boating-related drownings could have been prevented if the victim had been wearing a personal flotation device. Approximately half of all boating deaths occur on Saturdays and Sundays and between the months of May and August. Most boating deaths occur as a result of drowning when a boat capsizes or a person falls over board. These drownings could be prevented by wearing a life jacket.

For more information please contact Fire Headquarters at (916) 405-7100 or toll free at (866) 598-FIRE (3473)