Children's Safety Zone

GLENDALE, AZ – A 2-year-old boy was taken to the hospital on Thursday morning after nearly drowning in a backyard pool.

Fire officials responded to the home near 54th Avenue and Thunderbird Road after 8 a.m.At the home, they located the child who was in critical condition.

Rescue crews took the boy to the hospital for treatment.

In an update Thursday afternoon, the Glendale Fire Department said the boy remained in critical condition in the ICU.

Officials believe the child was in the pool for about two minutes. He was possibly playing outside with a sibling at the time of the incident.

Source: Boy, 2, taken to hospital after near-drowning in Glendale – ABC15 Arizona

PHOENIX – A two-year-old girl was rushed to a Valley hospital in critical condition Tuesday evening after being pulled from a pool, according to the Phoenix Fire Department.

Officials said the child was found unresponsive but breathing near 36th and Van Buren streets shortly before 7 p.m.

The Phoenix Police Department is investigating the near-drowning, and no other details were immediately available.

Source: Phoenix Fire: Child pulled from pool, found unresponsive near 36th St. & Van Buren – ABC15 Arizona

MCSO: ROOSEVELT, Ariz. – Maricopa County officials have recovered the body of a man who drowned at Apache Lake early Sunday morning.

The man, identified as 37-year-old Rodolfo Ruiz, reportedly entered the water and was seen struggling as he swam out to a buoy.

Sheriff’s deputies began searching by boat around 3 a.m. Sunday. Divers were called and searched throughout the day, but his body was not recovered until Monday morning.

Ruiz’s sister-in-law reported that he was missing after a fight with his wife during the night.

His wife told deputies he was using drugs and had been drinking all day Saturday.

Source: MCSO: Body recovered after Apache Lake drowning – ABC15 Arizona

PHOENIX – A 4-year-old girl drowned Tuesday during a family party near Union Hills Drive and 44th Street in northeast Phoenix.

According to Phoenix police, the adults in the family were unaware that the girl had left the house and gone to the pool area.

“It was a common scenario,” said deputy chief Shelly Jamison of the Phoenix Fire Department. “At some point inattention. We ask for supervison.”

As the guests were getting ready to leave the party, the girl was found in the pool, police said.

Family members were performing CPR on the girl when first responders arrived, said Sgt. Jonathan Howard of the Phoenix Police Department.”

I think this is ultimately going to go down as another preventable tragedy,” said Howard.

Source: Girl, 4, drowns at Phoenix family party | 12NEWS.com

Boy, 3, pulled out of family’s pool on Tucson’s southwest side Carmen Duarte Arizona Daily Star Updated 14 hrs ago A 3-year-old boy was pulled out of a family’s backyard pool Monday night on Tucson’s southwest side.

The boy, who was revived by family after they received CPR instructions by a dispatcher, was treated at the scene by Drexel Heights Fire District paramedics and taken to Banner-University Medical Center Tucson.

The child’s condition was not known, said Tracy Koslowski, a fire district spokeswoman.Shortly before 8 p.m., firefighters responded to the 5400 block of West Utah Street for the near-drowning. The boy, who was missing for about four minutes, was found floating in the above ground pool, Koslowski said.

The pool was green and murky because it was not maintained, and was going to be dismantled, said Koslowski. She said the pool access ladder was in place.

Source: Boy, 3, pulled out of family’s pool on Tucson’s southwest side | Local news | tucson.com