Daniel Koch becomes SLRG ambassador

SLRG ambassador Daniel Koch (left) and SLRG Central President Rudolf Schwabe (right) hold the SLRG lifebuoy together in the Corona summer of 2020.

Koch will support the "Corona Summer 2020" project. "I am delighted to have been asked by the SLRG and am highly motivated to accept this commitment. As an enthusiastic swimmer in the Aare, I know how much fun it can be to spend time in open waters. But I also know that you have to be careful. With the right behavior and good preparation, the risk of drowning accidents can be significantly reduced. Just like in the case of coronavirus infection. That's why it's particularly important to me this summer to support this important prevention project and act as an ambassador for safe water use," says Daniel Koch.

Daniel Koch will have his first assignment for the SLRG on June 26, when he and the lifeguards will address the Swiss population in a letter. This dispatch will take place as part of the "Corona Summer 2020" prevention project. Important components of the project are

• Offering of Water safety advice for authorities and institutions
• Information campaignsto sensitize the public
• Crash courses on drowning preventionto provide specific target groups in cities and municipalities with the necessary basic knowledge
• Prevention patrols at public bathing areas for prevention talks
• Bath attendantsto support local pool operators and/or towns and municipalities on the waterfront with human resources for water supervision

Rudolf Schwabe, Central President of the SLRG and co-signatory of the prevention letter to the Swiss population, is pleased "that Daniel Koch is extending his commitment with us and, in addition to the protective measures of the FOPH, is also propagating the prevention efforts of the SLRG for a great summer with safe water fun".