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Each county or local jurisdiction must provide an assurance that all serious or fatal recreational boating accidents will be investigated to the maximum extent possible, and that copies of the investigative reports will be submitted to state parks as in RCW88.12.175. ) The approved county or localjurisdiction must support.the statewide boating accident reporting system by: Providing recreational boaters with copies of the state required boating accident report (BAR) form and informing recreational boaters their responsibility to submitthe completed BAR as specified in RCW88.12.155; and Submitting to state parks a completed BAR form which includes all available information about the accident or casualty as in chapter 352-70 WAC. Boater assistance- The county ot'localjurisdiction willhave the ability to respond or coordinate response to recreational boating which occur within its jurisdiction. Such emergencies may include swift water response, open water rescue, ice rescue, vessel fi overdue boater search, or other boating-r:elated emergencies or distress calls. Training. The county or local jurisdiction will be responsible for acquiring the training for its assigned boating safety program The training will include basic boating safety offtcer training as provided by the United States Coast Guard, state parks, or any county localjurisdiction whose training program is approved by state paks. training must be acquired within one year of initiating a new boating safety program, and within one year for each newly boating safety offcer Rules and regulations. \l/hen the county or losaljurisdiction adopts ordinances governing recreational boating, the ordinances must be as restrictive but may be more restrictive than Washington state boating laws and regulations. Enforcement. The county or localjurisdiction must: ) Provide: Officers with law enforcement certificates from the criminaljustice training commission which authorizes such officers to enforce all Iaws and regulations or officers who have completed such other training program as may be approved by the director or A patrol schedule that ensures such officers patrol the waterways during peak recreational boating periods; The necessary boating safety patrolequipment, including vessel(s) capable of serving the minimum requirements of this section.patrol vessel must be properly marked and properly equipped as provided in chapter 88.02 RCW and chapter 352-60 WAC; ) Respond to on-water c-omplaints, accidents, and emergencies; _E1!orce safety equipment, vessel operation, noise level, navigation and harbor improvements, and registration laws as specifiedRCW and as specified in local codes or ordinances. Boating safety.education and information. The cou nty or localjurisdiction must have a boating safety education and information as follows: Have a designated officer, trained by state parks, to coordinate the activities of boating safety education instructors,act as to boating safety education organizations, and to coordinate: Boating safety presentations which may include any of the fol lowing: Presentations in primary and secondary schools, to boating and youth groups. ) Boating safety instruction. A public course of instruction using lessons and materials ftom state parks education curiculum, orotheror nationally recogn2ed curriculum approved by state parks. Boating safety information. Distribuie boating safety information and materials, including materials boating in Title Updated 1 outdoor recreation organizations, the boating public, public agencies, and the local media. provided by state parks, to