The American Red Cross offers important swimming safety tips to help you and your kids be safe this summer while in the water. Learn more about how to swim safely!

May 9, 2024 · Drowning is preventable. Follow these key prevention tips: learn how to swim and teach children how to swim, supervise children closely and constantly when they are in or near water, properly fence home swimming pools, and wear a properly fitted life jacket.

Water competency is a way of improving water safety for yourself and those around you through avoiding common dangers, developing fundamental water safety skills to make you safer in and around the water, and knowing how to prevent and respond to drowning emergencies.

Feb 6, 2024 · Swimming is a great activity, but the water can pose risks. Learn what you can do to protect yourself and others from swimming-related illnesses and injuries at all type of recreational water venues, like pools, splash pads, and natural bodies of water.

This PSA from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC) Pool Safely campaign aims to remind parents that kids can’t swim like fish and provides clear tips for how to keep them safer in and around water.

Children and adults can learn to be safer in and around water with Swim by the American Red Cross. Knowing how to swim is exciting and opens the door to many opportunities, but water is not without risk. Learning to enjoy the water safely should be …

23 hours ago · Aqua Tots teaches the ABCs of swim safety: A for adult supervision, B for barrier, and C for swim classes. The school stresses the importance of starting swim lessons sooner rather than later to ...

Learn how to prevent swimmer's ear, Crypto, hot tub rash, and other swimming-related illnesses. Understand how to clean up and decontaminate the water after poop, vomit, blood and dead animals. Explore recommendations for operating and maintaining public aquatic facilities.

Expert advice on how kids can stay safe when swimming in open water – plus the five essential water skills every child should learn.

Swimmers should keep a few safety precautions in mind: Most parents think water safety is first and foremost on their minds whenever they are enjoying summer activities with their young kids. But when the unthinkable happens, caregivers often say, “I only looked away for a second.”