Manufacturing News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 5, 2004
Perth Amboy Fire Department Participates In Kawasaki
Jet Ski® Watercraft Loan Program
Contact:
Freeman/McCue Public Relations
John Donaldson
(714) 557-3663 ext 219
PERTH AMBOY, NJ—The Perth Amboy Fire
Department has a new lifesaving tools to use this yea—a
Kawasaki JET SKI? watercraft.
The Kawasaki 900 STX™ watercraft, which was provided
by Brunswick Powersports Kawasaki of South River, will enable
fire and rescue personnel to reach distressed swimmers and
tow disabled boats to safety.
Fire Director and Chief Lawrence Cattano says, “Participation
in the JET SKI watercraft loan program means the Perth Amboy
Fire Department will be able to enhance its water rescue capabilities,
thus improving the safety of all users of our surrounding
waterways. Additionally, Perth Amboy will also be able to
provide these rescue services with the JET SKI watercraft
for various surrounding communities including Woodbridge,
Sayreville and South Amboy should they require water rescue
services.”
The versatile 900 STX™ watercraft has a long and wide,
comfortable seat that holds up to three people. The craft’s
extra-stable hull and automatically retracting step make boarding
easy, even in deep water.
Following successful use of JET SKI watercraft by life-saving
and marine enforcement agencies throughout the United States,
Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A., implemented an ongoing loan
program that allows Kawasaki dealers to provide watercraft
to qualified agencies across the country for periods of up
to one year. Brunswick Powersports Kawasaki arranged this
loan and will service the vessel for the duration of the loan
period.
"These JET SKI watercraft are ideally suited to rescue
situations," said Roger Hagie, director of public affairs
for Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. "They're quick and
maneuverable, and they have no exposed propellers or other
moving parts on the outside of the hull that could harm a
swimmer. In addition, JET SKI watercraft have a
very shallow draft, which enables them to operate in low levels
of water that might restrict other boats. We hope the JET
SKI watercraft can make a significant contribution to water
safety in and around Perth Amboy in the coming months."
This year marks the 15th anniversary of Kawasaki’s law
enforcement loan program. Since the program’s inception
in 1989, approximately 1428 individual agencies in all fifty
states have borrowed in excess of 5,000 JET SKI watercraft,
valued at more than $30 million. Statistical surveys completed
by past agencies show that each season hundreds of lives are
saved by the use of the loaned watercraft.
JET SKI is the registered trademark of Kawasaki's brand
of personal watercraft. Personal watercraft are vessels that
are powered by a water jet pump and carry between one and
three passengers who sit, stand or kneel on (rather than inside)
the vessel's hull.
Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A., (KMC) markets and sells at
wholesale Kawasaki motorcycles, ATVs, JET SKI® watercraft,
MULE™ utility vehicles, power products and small engines.
These product lines are sold through a network of more than
1,500 independent retailers. KMC and its affiliates employ
nearly 2,400 people in the United States, with approximately
400 of them located at the Irvine, California headquarters.
Kawasaki’s heritage of creating high-performance recreational
vehicles and its tagline, “Let the good times roll.™”,
are recognized worldwide. With its illustrious history of
breaking performance barriers with such product lines as the
world renowned NINJA® sportbikes and JET SKI® personal
watercraft, Kawasaki is aggressively carrying this heritage
of pioneering leading-edge design and performance products
into the 21st century.
Information about Kawasaki’s complete line of recreational
products and Kawasaki affiliates can be found on the Internet
at www.kawasaki.com.
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