Drownings Can Be Prevented

Orange County California There has been 18 deaths due to drowning since January 1st 2007. The most recent occurred in a backyard during a party. More than a dozen adults were in the backyard and about ten children in the pool swimming. One little girl in the pool was wearing floats ,and according to people at the party was swimming face down a lot, apparently holding her breath. After a short time the adults told the children to get out of the pool to eat, all got out but the little girl who was swimming face down. Unfortunately she was not swimming face down; she was not swimming at all. The girl was pulled out and Fire Rescue was called, she did not survive the incident. In party situations and any time children are in the pool ALWAYS have a designated watcher or life guard present to oversee the safety of those in the pool...DROWNINGS CAN BE PREVENTED.

Never Too Old To Learn

I received a telephone call from a grandmother who had a pool fence installed at her home last week. She told me that she had been extremely resistant to putting up a pool fence, but her son told her that he wouldn’t bring the baby over to visit until a safety fence was put up around the pool. She’s crazy about her grandson so she reluctantly agreed to purchase a pool fence. She said she felt she just had to call me to tell me that she was so glad she did agree to buy the pool safety fence. She was amazed at how good it looked and even more importantly, she said she now realized how much peace of mind having the pool fence gave her. She was babysitting yesterday and the baby wanted to play outside. She said without the pool fence she could never have let him go outside, but now she felt safe and secure letting him play outside. She said ‘I guess we’re never too old to learn’.