Drowning Education and Prevention

Some officials have said that August is the deadliest month for child drowning. Here in Arizona many people are getting involved to raise awareness including the Phoenix police and fire departments, local news stations as well as some local pool fence and home builder companies.

After drowning had decreased in 2006, so far in 2007 11 children have drowned in the Phoenix Metro area, all of which were 100% preventable. Everyone has stepped up their efforts to get the word out "2 seconds is too long", a slogan made famous to help prevent child drowning. We try to educate parents to never take your eyes off your child around water, to ensure that you have a pool fence that fully enclosing your pool with a self closing gate. We also teach them to learn CPR.

Having these things in place may prevent your child from drowning. No one will ever know the pain a child drowning can cause until they have lived through it. It's part of our mission to educate these folks just how tragic it would be so that they never have to live with the brokenness of losing a child to a preventable drowning.