Children's Safety Zone

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

PEORIA, AZ – A two-year-old has been transported to the hospital after a near-drowning in Peoria, and two people are credited with saving his life. The incident happened at the Vistancia Community Center near Vistancia Boulevard and Ridgeline Road. Peoria fire the boy was found floating face down in the water and the child’s father pulled him out. That’s when an off-duty North County Fire & Medical firefighter and his wife, who is a nurse, performed CPR on the boy. The boy was conscious and breathing after given CPR, and was also taken to a hospital via helicopter for treatment.

Source: PD: Peoria boy at hospital after near-drowning, saved by off-duty firefighter and nurse – ABC15 Arizona

PEORIA, AZ – Firefighters from Peoria responded Thursday afternoon to a 12-month-old that had gotten through a broken pool fence and fell into the water.

Luckily a family member noticed the child was missing and quickly pulled the child to safety. The child was alert and awake when firefighters arrived and was transported in stable condition to the hospital.

Because the family had several children, and a broken fence, the firefighters decided to step in to make sure something like this didn’t happen again.

The crew of ladder 191, led by Captain Bob Burkland went to a local Home Depot and bought hardware to fix the pool fence. They also installed two alarms on the doors leading to the backyard.