Sentence examples for personal flotation device from inspiring English sources

One approved Personal Flotation Device for every person aboard is mandatory.

And if an individual must be on an open deck, he "must wear a Coast Guard-approved personal flotation device".

Completing the ensemble are a double-bladed paddle, a helmet and a padded life jacket known as a personal flotation device.

If the child cannot swim, a life jacket -- a personal flotation device approved by the Coast Guard -- should be worn at all times near a swimming pool or in it.

The vessel's captain "offered the passengers the option of using a personal flotation device and showed the passengers the two clearly marked locations on the vessel where the devices were stowed," said the spokesman, Drew D. Ferguson.

After the safety teach-in, mandated by the F.A.A. ("All bike messenger bags must fit in the overhead rack... in case of a water landing, your moral vanity may be used as a personal flotation device... .), there will be an inflight entertainment program, eliciting the complete range of highly attractive liberal emotions: rage, anger, disgust, contempt, pessimism, gloom and despair.

The boat dock has personal flotation devices for children 7 and older; those as young as 3 can go on the canoes if they bring flotation devices.

And children on boats and those playing near water "should always wear approved personal flotation devices and be closely supervised by an adult," he wrote.

"I'm disappointed, personally," said the official, Mark V. Rosenker, the acting chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, who added that personal flotation devices, or P.F.D.'s, were essential to safe boating.

Sure, it takes some upper-body strength, and you've got to be able to swim, although life jackets -- or P.F.D.'s, personal flotation devices -- are an absolute necessity.

"This includes an industry-led a scheme to supply free personal flotation devices (PFD) to every fisherman in Scotland, which has had a strong uptake.