This grant supports the continued efforts of the states and NASBLA to improve the reliability of accident reporting. The grant provides funding for the Boating Accident Investigation courses. NASBLA will conduct four Level I – Comprehensive courses and one Level II – Advanced course. This grant indirectly affects much of the rest of the Strategic Plan in that the statistics used to develop the goals, objectives and strategies are gathered and reported by the officers trained through this grant.

1. National Recreational
Boating Safety
Boating Accident
Investigation Courses

2. • Courses first conducted by Underwriters Laboratories and NASBLA in
1988
• Between 1989 and 2014, over 7,000 officers from every state trained
in boating accident investigation
• Initially the courses were more scientific in nature – did not deal
with the full range of officer responsibilities

3. • In 1992, UL curriculum was replaced by NASBLA
curriculum
• Two levels of training:
o Level I – Comprehensive
o Level II – Advanced
• Level I curriculum revised to meet the needs of law
enforcement officers
• Level II changed from exportable training to fixed
locations – Arizona and Florida

4. • In 2013, NASBLA converted approximately eight hours of classroom
instruction to e-learning
• NASBLA has also conducted two staged boating collisions projects to
provide students in the Advanced courses with recorded accidents to
investigate

5. • In FY14, NASBLA conducted five Level I –
Comprehensive courses and one Level II –
Advanced course
• 231 officers successfully completed the
Level I – Comprehensive courses and 53 officers
successfully completed the Level II – Advanced
course
• For FY15, NASBLA will conduct four
Level I – Comprehensive courses and one
Level II – Advanced course