Category: Safety
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Where are the lifeguards? Applicants to work at some JoCo pools are dropping
Overland Park aquatics supervisor Renee Reis remembers when cities like hers had to turn down dozens of applicants for summer lifeguards. It was the quintessential summer job — a way for teens and college students to earn cash, work experience and street cred in a position with both fun and responsibility. Not so much anymore,…
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Kiddies Aqua Swimming Academy | Turning water lovers into champs
Kiddies Aqua Swimming Academy All aspects of swimming are covered by the academy and every swimmer that goes through the hands of their highly skilled- and educated instructors can boast that he or she can swim properly whatever their swimming goals were before they started. www.kiddiesaqua.co.za
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Stop Drownings – Testimonials – Learn To Swim
Teach a family pool safety is so comforting for a mother and father. Now this family of 6 can enjoy all water activities.
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Officials urge public to know ABC’s of swimming
It’s the beginning of pool season and officials are urging everyone to be safe. “It can happen in just a couple of seconds,†said Rural Metro Fire Battalion Chief, John Walka. Just this year, News 4 Tucson has reported on an elderly woman who drowned. In another incident, a toddler nearly drowned after officials say an…
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Swimmer dies after being pulled from ocean in Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara Police say a woman has died after suffering a medical emergency while swimming in the ocean on Sunday. Emergency crews were called to East Cabrillo Boulevard around 9:50 a.m. Police say when they arrived, bystanders were conducting CPR on the beach. When medics arrived, they were not able to revive her. Police say…
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Learning to swim crucial for autism children
It is important that children with autism learn how to swim. One organization has set out to do just that.
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John Legend Explains Why His Swim Lessons Are So Important: ‘I’m Able to Live with Less Fear’
John Legend is almost ready for the deep end! The singer, 40, is taking swim lessons for the first time since he was 5 years old. “I’m definitely not where I need to be, but I’m much better than where I was, and it’s only been a couple months now,†he tells PEOPLE. “I’m excited. It’s so…
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Suspect attempts to evade police by swimming in ocean. He needed to be rescued
A domestic violence suspect attempted to evade law enforcement on Saturday afternoon. It didn’t work. According to the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a report of a domestic violence incident in the vicinity of Bacara Resort near Goleta around 1 p.m. The suspect, 47-year-old Michael Reardon, fled the area when deputies arrived and…
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Kids should start swimming lessons at 1 year old, safety experts say
It’s every parent’s worst nightmare. It only takes seconds for a child to drown, often so silently no one notices before it’s too late. Drowning is one of the leading causes of death in children, leading to nearly 1,000 deaths in the U.S. each year. That’s why the American Academy of Pediatrics is putting the spotlight on prevention…