Manatee County - Saturday, June 6th at YMCA – Manatee County, 3805 59th Street West, Bradenton 10am-12pm

Hillsborough County - Saturday, June 13th - Family Recreation Complex City of Temple Terrace Parks & Recreation, 6610 E. Whiteway Drive, Temple Terrace  10am – 12pm

Pasco County - Saturday, June 20th, Pasco County Parks & Recreation at Land O Lakes Recreation Center, 3032 Collier Pkwy., Land O Lakes

Pinellas County - Saturday, June 27th, City of St Petersburg Fossil Park Pool, 6739 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. St. N., St. Petersburg. 10am – 12pm

Know how to recognize an emergency.
• Many emergencies can happen quickly and silently.
• Know how to tell if a swimmer is in distress or is drowning. A distressed swimmer or drowning victim needs help immediately!
- A swimmer in distress may still try to swim but makes little or no forward progress. If not helped, a swimmer in distress will soon become a drowning victim.
- An active drowning victim may be vertical in the water but unable to move forward or tread water. An active drowning victim may try to press down with the arms at the side in an instinctive attempt to keep the head above the water.
- A passive drowning victim is motionless and floating face down on the bottom or near the surface
of the water.
• Do not assume that a swimmer in distress is joking or playing around.

Know how to respond to an aquatic emergency.
• If someone is missing, check the water first.
• Reach or throw, don’t go.

Home Water Safety Tips

Remove the risk and prevent access.
• Use physical barriers to prevent children from accessing any source of water.
• Use safety locks on toilets and keep bathroom doors closed and toilet-bowl covers down if there are small children in the home.
• Empty cleaning buckets immediately after use.
• Empty kiddie pools immediately after use.
• Install barriers around your home pool. Pool alarms and covers provide additional layers of protection.
• Know the water hazards in your community and make sure children stay away. These hazards could include—
- Drainage ditches.
- Garden ponds.
- Creeks and streams.
- Wells and cisterns.
- Canals.
• When visiting another home, check the site for potential water