Children's Safety Zone

PHOENIX – The Phoenix Fire Department is responding to a drowning call Thursday afternoon.

Crews say a child around two to three years old was pulled from a swimming pool at a home near Bethany Home Road and 20th Street.

The father was performing CPR when firefighters arrived on scene.

According to an official from the Phoenix Fire Department, the child is in critical condition and being taken to the hospital.

Source: Child in critical condition after being pulled from swimming pool in Phoenix – ABC15 Arizona

BUCKEYE, AZ – Police are investigating after a 1-year-old died in a drowning incident Tuesday night in Buckeye.

Police responded to a drowning call around 9 p.m. near Interstate 10 and Yuma Road for an unresponsive child found in a bathtub.

Buckeye Fire Department crews performed life-saving measures once arriving on the scene, where police had already been performing on the boy.

The 1-year-old was airlifted to Phoenix Children’s Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.

The Buckeye Police Criminal Investigation Division is looking into the incident and the cause of death.

Source: Police investigating after 1-year-old drowns in Buckeye – ABC15 Arizona

A 2-year-old boy was taken to the hospital after being pulled from a pool at a Chandler home Thursday afternoon.

Batallion Chief Blas Minor of the Chandler Fire, Health and Medical Department said the boy found his way into the pool in the backyard of his home near Fir Street and Mall Drive in Chandler.

Minor said the pool was fenced but easily accessible, as a spring in the gate kept it from closing.

The boy was not breathing when his father pulled him out of the pool, but started breathing on his own and coughing up water after his father performed CPR, Minor said.

It’s unknown how long the boy was underwater.

Source: Chandler 2-year-old hospitalized after near-drowning

PARADISE VALLEY, AZ – Firefighters say a man found at the bottom of a pool Sunday afternoon has died at the hospital.

Units from Phoenix and Scottsdale responded to a home near 68th Street and McDonald around 4:30 p.m. for a report of a 30-year-old man who entered the water.

He was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

A Phoenix Fire Department spokesman said bystanders reported alcohol was involved, but officials said they would wait for the toxicology report before making a determination on whether it played a factor in his death.

The Paradise Valley Police Department is handling the investigation into the man’s death.

Source: FD: Man dies after being found at bottom of Paradise Valley pool – ABC15 Arizona

Three near drownings of 3-year-old children kept police and firefighters busy across the Valley Sunday evening. The first incident occurred around 6:30 p.m. in Chandler, when a 3-year-old girl was caught underwater beneath a pool flotation item for nearly a minute before being pulled out by family members, authorities said.

The girl was blue when she was removed from the pool near Alma School and Chandler Heights roads, Chandler fire officials said. Fire officials said the girl was conscious and was taken to Cardon Children’s hospital for further examination.

Thirty minutes later in Ahwatukee Foothills, a 3-year-old boy was underwater for nearly a minute before being pulled out, Phoenix fire officials said. The boy was conscious and breathing, officials said. Fire crews remained at the scene near 48th Street and Ray Road to examine the child, but he was not transported to a hospital, officials said.

About a half-hour later, firefighters were called to a third incident, this time in w est Phoenix, to a home near 83rd Avenue and Indian School Road, where a 3-year-old boy had nearly drowned. The boy was underwater for an unknown amount of time, according to Phoenix fire officials. He was taken to a hospital, and fire officials said he was in stable condition.
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