life jackets

"This is what a sad Life Jacket Loaner Station looks like!" the post from Respect Our River stated. "We have lost A LOT of life jackets this summer

The City of Casper has put out a statement imploring the community to bring back loaner life jackets that are used for water activities.

A group enjoying the North Platte River did the right thing Thursday when two of them were stranded on an island and realized it wasn't worth trying to swim for it.

Respect Our River – Saved by the Jacket is an organization created on September 9, 2014 after a tragic drowning on the Platte River, with the initiative to “Create a safer river environment for our residents and visitors”. A collaboration between local businesses, the City of Casper and over 30 local sponsors...

You may have borrowed a free life vest from a Casper Fire Department station. It may have saved your life You also may have not returned it, and others would like the same privilege. "The idea is that if you're going out for the day to enjoy the water, whether it's the river or the lake, that you're able to swing by your neighborhood fire station, pick up life jackets with the idea that at th

Over the last 10 years, Casper Fire has lent out over 3500 life jackets that have never been returned. Over the last decade, local businesses and individuals have donated over 4000 life jackets to the program. Unfortunately, citizens are borrowing but not retuning the life saving devices...