Manufacturing News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 8, 2004
Adams County Sheriff's Office Participates In Kawasaki
Jet Ski® Water Craft Loan Program
Contact:
Freeman/McCue Public Relations
John Donaldson
(714) 557-3663 ext 219
COUNCIL, ID— The Adams County Sheriff
has a new lifesaving tools to use this year—a Kawasaki
JET SKI® watercraft.
The Kawasaki 900 STX™ watercraft, which was provided
by Carls Cycle Kawasaki of Boise, will enable fire and rescue
personnel to reach distressed swimmers and tow disabled boats
to safety.
Marine Patrol Supervisor Lt. Jerry Weir of the Sheriff’s
Office says, “Carls Cyle’s assistance over the
past few years has done much to improve our program and aid
the boating safety program administered by the Idaho Department
of Parks and Recreation.”
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. Carls Cycle 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 Adams County in the coming months."
This year marks the 15th anniversary of Kawasaki’s law
enforcement loan progra m. 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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