It’s peak summer now. But, much as we might hate to think about it, cold weather is coming, and cold water can be fatal.

The County’s special National Drowning Prevention Week coverage concludes with this video, in which Dan Metcalfe – the County’s Emergency Measures Coordinator – explains why the cold waters of autumn and spring present another whole level of dangers for operators and passengers of pleasure craft.

All eight of our National Drowning Prevention Week videos are conveniently stacked in one link, at our NDPW home page, at countyofessex.ca/NDPW2025.