Creating a Successful Carbon Monoxide Awareness Campaign

Overview
Speaker(s)

There’s nothing good about tragedies on the water, but the most important takeaways after an incident are heightened awareness and positive actions toward keeping other people safe from similar tragedies. When injuries or fatalities occur as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning, the families of the victims and other boaters often look back and try to figure out the signs that they may have missed that could have prevented the situation. Awareness campaigns that take advantage of partnerships and educational outreach to boaters can provide the early-detection tools necessary to combat this silent killer on the water.

Lisa Dugan

Recreation Safety Outreach Coordinator, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

As the Recreation Safety Outreach Coordinator with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources in the Division of Enforcement Lisa Dugan provides statewide outreach and communication through the development of coordinated marketing goals and executed marketing plans to create a broad, statewide culture of outdoor recreation safety in Minnesota.

Grant Brown

Boating Law Administrator

Colorado Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Parks & Wildlife

Since December 2016, Grant Brown has served as the Boating Safety Program Manager and Boating Law Administrator (BLA) for the state of Colorado. In this capacity, Brown oversees patrol operations on rivers and lakes, coordinates training for law enforcement officers in boat handling, boating under the influence (BUI) detection, and boat incident investigation. He also manages public boating safety education courses and leads the Marine Evidence Recovery Team (MERT). Additionally, Brown is responsible for administering Colorado’s Commercial River Outfitter Licensing program.