Things to Know About Water Safety

6/13/2022 (Permalink)

Learning Water Safety Is a Must

With summer arriving we here at SERVPRO of Columbia & Suwannee Counties wanted to take a minute to give some helpful tips when it comes to protecting your family and friends.   It only takes a moment. A child or weak swimmer can drown in the time it takes to reply to a text, check a fishing line or apply sunscreen. Death and injury from drownings happen every day in home pools and hot tubs, at the beach or in oceans, lakes, rivers and streams, bathtubs and even buckets. We have attached several links to The Red Cross for you to review.  

Work together to improve water competency – which includes swimming skills, water smarts and helping others – you can make water activities safer for your family… and just as much fun.  While Lake City offers several private instructors for swim lessons you can also use this link to find the closest swim classes offered by The Red Cross which for us, is located in Orange Park, Florida.  

These actions will help your family avoid emergencies – and help you respond if an emergency occurs: 

• Paying close attention to children or weak swimmers you are supervising in or near water.
• Knowing the signs that someone is drowning.
• Knowing ways to safely assist a drowning person, such as “reach or throw, don’t go”.
• Knowing CPR and first aid. 

Join SERVPRO in helping our family, friends and community stay safe!  Here in North Florida we want to enjoy the summer so let's get out there and safely have some fun!