Upcoming Meetings: (Mark your calendars)
Tuesday, July 29th - 9am
City Council Workshop, City Hall, 2 Commerce Blvd. (Pine Lakes Industrial Park)
Tuesday, August 5th - 6:30pm*
City Council Meeting, Palm Coast Community Center, 305 Palm Coast Pkwy.
*We want to fill the community center with FOS supporters. Please attend.
City Council meetings are the 1st Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm and the 3rd Tuesday at 9am. Located at the Palm Coast Community Center, 305 Palm Coast Pkwy.
Friends of Swimming and Dynoswim made the July/August 2008 issue of Flagler Magazine. Read article
Florida Child Drowning Facts
Drowning is defined as “the process of experiencing respiratory impairment from submersion/immersion in liquid” with the following outcomes: death, morbidity, or no morbidity (First World Congress on Drowning, 2002).
- Florida had the 3rd highest overall unintentional drowning death rate in the United States in the 5 years between 1999 and 2003 (CDC WISQARS).
- Florida had the highest unintentional drowning death rate of toddlers ages 1-4 in the United States in the 5 years between 1999 and 2003 (CDC WISQARS). Unintentional drowning is the leading cause of death of 1-4 year olds in Florida every year (Florida vital statistics data). Download PDF document
Deaths from drowning for children less than age five in Florida are more than double the national average and are higher than any other state in the nation. More than two-thirds of these deaths occurred in swimming pools.
Drowning and Children with Special Health Care Needs
Near drowning injuries in swimming pools are of particular concern for little children. The lack of oxygen to the brain in some of these cases results in severe mental retardation and developmental delays. Read more.
Be safe this summer. Click here for safety tips
