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Watch Kids Around Water

Jul 17, 2003

Watch Kids Around Water because 2 SECONDS IS TOO LONG!

Summer time is a fun time and shouldn?’t end in tragedy. Too often, firefighters hear people say, ?“it was just a few seconds.?” Unfortunately, just a few seconds is all it takes for a child to drown.

Drowning is the leading cause of death in Arizona for children under the age of five.

Most of these children drown in their own backyard swimming pool, but others drown in buckets, bathtubs, toilets, dog water bowls, canals and ponds. Small children are top-heavy, and they don?’t have the upper body strength to lift themselves out of one of these dangerous situations. Even if the child survives the incident, they are often left with permanent brain damage.

Visit our Phoenix Fire Department website at http://www.phoenix.gov/fire/ for water safety tips. . . ☺