Drowning prevention begins with you as the first of several barriers

Drowning prevention begins with you as the first of several barriers

This time last year, Arizona was on a record breaking pace with child drowning cases. It is why KTAR and Fulton Homes has launched the “Two Seconds Is Too Long” campaign earlier than usual this year.

We ended 2011 with a total of 16 child fatalities. As macabre as it sounds, Lori Schmidt with Arizona Drowning Prevention Coalition and Scottsdale Fire said, “Considering we had 20 the year before, we can actually celebrate that we only had 16 last year.”

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