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Program 2023 Lamontagne, Director

one OUI, fishing without a license and assisting with a reported threat to the safety boat crew. Please refer to the chart below for a complete list and comparison to other years. We work with the Cumberland County Emergency Dispatch Center to assist them if there is a call from the lake. There are predetermined access points for emergency vehicles in each of the three bays. When a 911 call is made from Little Sebago Lake, an alert goes out to us and if we are able to assist we will. Use of GPS helps them to pinpoint the location of the call and emergency vehicles are dispatched from the closest department, whether it be fire, ambulance or rescue boat. Our slogan, “Safety is No Accident” takes a tremendous amount of effort and preparation and as you can see from our budget, quite a lot of money. It is

through your generous donations that this program is possible and we promise to be as frugal and efficient as always with your funds. But we need more than just your donations. We need you to always keep safety in mind and as your first priority. Set an example for your family, friends and neighbors. Show them how much it matters. They will learn from your behavior. Count your passengers and be sure you have the proper amount of life preservers. Stay as far away from the shore and other boaters as possible. The current law says 200 feet but there is legislation in the works for more. Our shoreline is taking a beating with so many large boats. Read the laws to familiarize yourself with them. Please educate your children and enroll them in a safety class so they understand the importance. Together we can achieve our goal of NO ACCIDENTS .

Warden Service Patrol Program 2022 2021 2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

Number of Days Scheduled

34 23

35 23

20 20

20 15

19 17

14 12

7 7

Number of Days Worked (due to wx)

Vessels Checked

824

702

876

558

638

279

365

Average of Vessel Checks per Day

36

31

44

37

38

23

52

Boating Accidents

0 1

0 0

1 0

0 1

1 0

1 0

0 0

OUI Arrests

SUMMONS ISSUED

30

38 16

19 10

32 15

25

21

19

8 7 4 1 5

8 6 1 3 3

6 2 3 2 6

- PFD Violations

8 9 3 1 5 4 8 6 7 1 1

- Registrations Violations - Headway Speed Violations

3 6 2 7 4

3 3 3 0

7 3 3 4

- Towed tube/skier without observer

- Fishing w/o license

- Other

-

-

-

-

-

WARNINGS ISSUED

35

48 28

60 19 35

29 19

32 19

18

27

7

9

- PFD Violations

- Registrations Violations - Headway Speed Violations

8 6 1 5

5 1 1 3

11

11

15

1 5 0

2

- - -

- -

- Towed tube/skier without observer

- -

- Fishing w/o license

3

- Other

12

21