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Washington State Parks & Recreation Commission <br />For any boating accident resulting in a death or injury requiring hospitalization, each participating <br />agency must: <br />r NotifV State Parks within 48 hours of becoming aware it. <br />o Fill out and submit a complete Boating Accident lnvestigation Report (BAIR - form number A- <br />425) within ten days of the occurrence. <br />o lnclude the results of any other investigation conducted by the agency. <br />r Submit any coroner's reports concerning the death of any person resulting from the boating <br />accident, within one week of completion. <br />Participating agencies must also submit a Boating Accident Report (BAR - form number 4-440) within 10 <br />days of the occurrence to State Parks for any boating accident: <br />r Resulting in a death, OR <br />o An injury requiring hospitalization, OR <br />r Damage to any vessel or property of two thousand dollars or more, OR <br />r A vessel is a complete loss, OR <br />. A person disappears from the vessel under circumstances that indicate death. <br />Boater Assistance <br />The local municipality will have the ability to respond or coordinate response to boating emergencies <br />which occur within their jurisdiction. Furthermore, agencies must document each occurrence and report <br />it to State Parks through the Summary of Activity Report (SOAR) at least quarterly using the following <br />definitions: <br />Search and Rescue/Recovery - Search and rescue (SAR) is defined as a water-borne response <br />(including aircraft) involving a person or vessel in peril. Agencies should only report SAR cases <br />on the Summary of Activity Report (SOAR) that were assigned a case number by their agency or <br />a USCG MISLE Case lD Number and an Urgent Marine lnformation Broadcast (UMIB) initiated by <br />the USCG. Agencies should not report assists (defined below) as SAR cases. <br />a <br />o Assist - An "Assist" is defined as aid where there is no immediate danger to the vessel or its <br />occupants. This includes vessels involved in boating accidents, disabled, aground, out of fuel, or <br />otherwise unable to reach a safe mooring under their own power. Assistance may include <br />providing a tow, jump start, re-floating, re-righting, fuel, repair, repair parts, assisting persons in <br />the water, etc. This does NOT include the salvage of a vessel once abandoned or commercial <br />vessels. Report the number of vessels assisted and the number of persons assisted on the SOAR <br />report. <br />Boat Patrol (Boat Log Hours) <br />Boat patrol (Boat Log Hours) are those hours that the patrolvesselwas actually on the water patrolling. <br />Participating agencies must submit a patrol schedule (with the A-299) that demonstrates they are <br />patrolling waters within their jurisdiction during peak recreational hours. They must also patrol a <br />Page 12 of 18