Category: Safety
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Tragic Drowning of 5-Year-Old in Bents Basin Waterhole | 7NEWS
A five-year-old boy has died after being pulled from Bents Basin Waterhole. The boy was treated and taken to Westmead Hospital in a critical condition where he later died.
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Outback Town Offers Free Swimming Lessons to Reduce Drowning Rate | ABC News
A Charters Towers business owner has partnered with the local pool to offer free swimming lessons to children who might otherwise miss out. Parents and swimming teachers have praised the program with more drownings recorded per 100,000 people in remote regions than elsewhere in Australia according to Royal Lifesaving Australia.
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Making Waves: Local 4th Graders Dive Into Free Swimming Lessons at CSU | News 5 Cleveland
The Cuyahoga County Fresh Water Institute, in partnership with Aqua Missions and CSU, announced their Learn to Swim program is expanding to include Warrensville Hts—fourth-graders.
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Sheriff: 2 Children Found Dead Monday Night in Linn County, Kansas | KSHB 41
2 children were found dead Monday night in Linn County, Kansas, authorities said.
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Queensland Town’s Bid to Lower Drowning Rate | ABC News
A Charters Towers business owner has teamed up with the local pool to provide free swimming lessons to more than 50 children who would otherwise miss out.
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Westfield Man Saves Drowning 18-Year-Old | WRTV Indianapolis
Westfield man saves drowning 18-year-old
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Australia Day, Swim Safety Warning and Dingo Attacks | 7NEWS
Millions set to mark the public holiday after weekend festivities. Lifesavers sound the alarm as thousands pack our beaches. Third child bitten on K’gari on Queensland Fraser Coast.
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‘Forever Be My Hero’: Man Braves Icy River to Rescue Drowning Dog | FOX Weather
There was no hesitation, said Chris MacRitchie, who courageously jumped into the frigid Winooski River in a T-shirt to save a struggling canine from certain death. The dramatic rescue began unexpectedly on Jan. 10 in Berlin, Vermont, along Stevens Branch. While enjoying a drive-thru snack at Dunkin’ Donuts, MacRitchie said his young son first noticed…
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NZ Records One of Its Lowest-Ever Drowning Tolls | Stuff.co.nz
Last year 72 people drowned in Aotearoa, that’s the fifth-lowest annual total since records began. While still a confronting number, Water Safety New Zealand now believes – for the first time – it’s a solvable problem.