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Washington State P <br />For any boating accident resulting in a death o <br />agency must: <br />• Notify State Parks within 48 hours of becoming aware it. <br />• Fill out and submit a complete Boa <br />425) within ten days of the occurrence. <br />• Include the results of any other investig <br />• Submit any coroner's reports conce <br />accident, within one week of completion. <br />Participating agencies must also submit a Boatin <br />g <br />n Commission <br />( <br />gency. <br />ting <br />ting <br />Accident Report (BAR -form number A-440) within 10 <br />days of the occurrence to State Parks for any boating accident: <br />• <br />• <br />• <br />• <br />Resulting in a death, OR <br />An injury requiring hospitalization, OR <br />Damage to any vessel or property of two thousand dollars or more, OR <br />A vesse <br />A person disappears <br />Boater A <br />e <br />OR <br />I under circumstances that indicate death. <br />The local municipality will have the ability to respond or coordinate response to boating emergencies <br />which occur within the irjurisdiction. Furthermore, agencies must document each occurrence and report <br />it to State Parks through the Summary of Activity Report (SOAR) at least quarterly using the following <br />definitions: <br />• Search and Rescue/Recovery- Search and rescue (SAR) is <br />(including aircraft) involving a person or vessel in peril. Agencies should only report SAR cases <br />on the Summary of Activity Report (SOAR) that were assigned a case number by their agency or <br />a USCG MISLE Case ID Number and an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast (UMIB) initiated by <br />the USCG. Agencies should not report assists (defined below) as SAR cases. <br />e <br />• Assist -An "Assist" is defined as aid where there is no immediate danger to the vessel or its <br />occupants. This includes vessels involved in boating accidents, disabled, aground, out of fuel, or <br />otherwise unable to reach a safe mooring under their own power. Assistance may include <br />providing a tow, jump start, re -floating, re -righting, fuel, repair, repair parts, assisting persons in <br />the water, etc. This does NOT include the salvage of a vessel once abandoned or commercial <br />vessels. Report the number of vessels assisted and the number of persons assisted on the SOAR <br />report. <br />Boat Patrol (Boat Log Hours) <br />Boat patrol (Boat Log Hours) are those hou <br />Participating agencies must submit a <br />patrolling waters within theirjurisdi <br />water pat <br />299) that demonstrates they are <br />hours. They must also patrol a <br />Page 12 of 18 <br />