SignalsAZ.com Prescott News Podcast - Goodyear's Water Safety Awareness for Summer

Episode Date: May 8, 2026

Send us a text and chime in!With summer right around the corner, the city of Goodyear wants to remind everyone that drowning is fast, silent, and 100 percent preventable. This May, in recognition of National Water Safety Month, the city is focusing on simple, practical steps that help keep both kids and adults safe around water. Simple habits make a big difference, like the following: Have strong adult supervision around water. Always designate at least one adult to watch kids in and around the pool. Use barriers at home pools. Install a gate around the pool and child-proof safety locks on doors. Register for swim lessons...   For the written story, read here >> https://www.signalsaz.com/articles/goodyears-water-safety-awareness-for-summer/ Check out the CAST11.com Website at: https://CAST11.com Follow the CAST11 Podcast Network on Facebook at: https://Facebook.com/CAST11AZFollow Cast11 Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/cast11_podcast_network

Text to Speech audio articles made possible on the Cast11.com podcast network by Fane Signature Group. With summer right around the corner, the city of Goodyear wants to remind everyone that drowning is fast, silent, and 100% preventable. This may, in recognition of National Water Safety Month, the city is focusing on simple, practical steps that help keep both kids and adults safe around water. Simple habits make a big difference, like the following. Have strong adult supervision around water. Always designate at least one adult to watch kids in and around the pool. Use barriers at home pools. Install a gate around the pool and childproof safety locks on doors.

Register for swim lessons and CPR training. Adults should model safe behavior by wearing life jackets, avoiding alcohol when swimming or supervising children, and always using the buddy system. Drowning is preventable and especially in Arizona, where backyard pools are common. It is critical to take the pool safety serious, said Goodyear Fire Chief Tim Wayne. Drownings can happen quick and are often silent, so turning your back from the pool, even for a second, can be deadly. Good Year families looking to build strong water safety skills can now enroll in swim lessons

at the Goodyear Aquatic Center or Loma Linda Pool by visiting Goodyearas.gov slash aquatics. Read more stories from the Phoenix area on Signalsaz.com. Subscribe and be the F-1 RST2-No.