Infants, toddlers and young children need to be supervised when playing around virtually all bodies of water, whether it is a bathtub, a toilet, a swimming pool, the ocean or even a small Koi fish pond. According to CBS Boston, a 10-month-old died after drowning in Littleton. The infant died…
The sun is shining, the heat is here and the pools are now open! The good news is many pools in the area are opening 7 days a week, according to the City of Boston. Mayor Menino recently made the announcement of 10 city pools that will be open every…
Nearly 20 state pools were closed for review after a 36-year-old resident drowned in the Fall River Veteran’s Memorial Swimming Pool. The Massachusetts drowning accident wasn’t discovered until two days after it happened. Residents are now being let back into these pools. They were temporarily shut down after that fatal…
A 4-year-old girl has died, less than 24-hours after her sister drown in the family’s in-ground swimming pool in Brockton, the Boston Globe reported. It is the second time in less than a month that twins have drown as the result of a Massachusetts swimming pool accident. We reported two…
The tragic drowning deaths of twin toddlers in a Massachusetts swimming pool accident is a heartbreaking reminder of the need for constant supervision of young children around a swimming pool. Constant supervision. Statistics show that 9 out of 10 child drownings occur in incidents where an adult was directly supervising…
Memorial Day weekend and the end of the school year is an excellent time to talk to your children about swimming pool and water safety. Massachusetts drowning accidents occur almost exclusively between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Tragically, most Massachusetts swimming pool accidents involve small children. Whether an accident occurs…