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    A personal flotation device (PFD; also referred to as a life jacket, life preserver, life belt, Mae West, life vest, life saver, cork jacket, buoyancy...
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    include: personal flotation devices or life jackets for everyone on board a throwable flotation device (in the U.S., a type IV personal flotation device) navigation...
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    military personal protective equipment Personal flotation device – Equipment to help the wearer keep afloat in water Personal protective equipment for arc flash –...
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  • Preserver can refer to: Life preserver, a personal flotation device or lifebuoy Life preserver, a type of club (weapon) HMCS Preserver, a Canadian navy...
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    Buoyancy aid (category Buoyancy devices)
    Buoyancy aids are a specialist form of personal flotation device (PFD) used most commonly by kayakers, canoeists, people practicing rafting, and dinghy...
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    Lifebuoy (category Buoyancy devices)
    Kisbee ring The lifebuoy is usually a ring- or horseshoe-shaped personal flotation device with a connecting line allowing the casualty to be pulled to the...
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  • free dictionary. Life preserver or life-preserver may refer to: Personal flotation device, is a piece of equipment designed to assist a wearer in keeping...
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  • Personal flotation device Pelvic floor dysfunction Phase frequency detector in electronics Primary flight display, in an aircraft Probability of Failure...
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    The Heat Escape Lessening Posture was designed for use with a Personal Flotation Device. Essentially the person grabs their knees to reduce the surface...
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    and in none of the cases documented was the victim wearing a personal flotation device (PFD). Several institutions have tried to change the culture surrounding...
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