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VodaSafe Director of Sales and Marketing Erik Wolfe joined Jamie Coutts on the Growing Up Fire Podcast and the episode is now live!
Have a listen as they talk about the challenges presented by water and ice rescue, and how technology can play a role in keeping the public and team members safe. Joining them to chat was AquaEye customer Brent Paquette.

You can listen in-app wherever you get your podcasts, or at the link.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Forum – a Canadian charity that mentors, educates and empowers women entrepreneurs, is pleased to announce the three finalists of this year’s The Odlum Brown Forum Pitch Finale who each walk away with a $37,750 grand prize package to fund and fast-track their business goals.

WARTABANJAR.COM, BANJARBARU – Using the sophisticated tool AquaEye, the Search and Rescue Office or Basarnas Banjarmasin succeeded in quickly finding victims of drowning in the Tapin river in Bungur Village, Baru, Bungur District, Tapin Regency, South Kalimantan.

Meet the the 3 Finalists who will each win a $30,000 CAD prize package to fund their business visions!
The Odlum Brown Forum Pitch program continues to evolve to more explicitly help women entrepreneurs harness both the intangible and tangible types of capital that lead to thriving businesses. We want to acknowledge these different types of capitals and support with more depth this year.

VodaSafe was honored to be selected as the ‘Company of the Year − Startup’ winner at this year's 2022 Technology Impact Awards in Vancouver. In accepting the award, CEO Carlyn Loncaric said she was particularly grateful given the caliber of competition in the...

The handheld sonar device can locate people submerged in water or trapped under ice.

One of the most dreaded experiences for lifeguards is searching for a missing person in the water. Conditions may mean visual searching is almost impossible, or – at best – very difficult…

Every year, swimmers ignore the dangers of the Sandy River at their own peril. And every year, first responders give out warnings to boaters, swimmers and waders. This year, there’s a new approach – and new tools – to try to prevent another season of deadly drownings on the cold, swift dangerous river.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — North County Fire and Rescue recently added a new tool to help with water rescue and recovery efforts.

AquaEye is a handheld sonar device from VodaSafe. Carlyn Loncaric, the company’s CEO and founder, was once a lifeguard. She believed more could be done to prevent drownings.

“It really bothered me that most children drowned within 20 feet of shoreline, and it’s because we can’t see them.” ….

Every year, more than 3,500 people in the United States die from drowning. It’s the fifth leading cause of accidental deaths in the United States, and the second leading cause of accidental deaths among children aged 1–14 years. Worldwide, drowning is the 3rd leading cause of unintentional death…

TAWAS CITY – Just shy of three months ago, city council members gave their stamp of approval for the Tawas City Fire Department (TCFD) to establish a Water Rescue/Dive Rescue-Recovery Team. Since that time, the community has expressed its support for the endeavor,...