The local representative who helped get Florida families get free swim lessons stopped by Swimming Safari Swim School in Jacksonville on Wednesday. State Sen. Travis Hutson created legislation that ...

(WSVN) - The state of Florida introduced free swimming lessons program designed to help families with younger children get lessons to increase water safety and prevent drowning. The Florida Swimming ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CBS12) — A new law aims to ensure Florida’s youngest residents are safe in the water. On Monday, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed off on legislation passed in March that sets aside $500,000 ...

OCALA, Fla. – Today, Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nuñez, in partnership with the Florida Department of Health, Department of Children and Families, Agency for Persons with Disabilities, and community ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Lawmakers are trying to tackle an issue plaguing children in Florida – drownings. According to the CDC, more children in Florida, ages 1 to 4, are killed by an unintentional ...

Last month a 5-year-old Bradenton girl died of an apparent accidental drowning. Sadly, she wasn't unusual. Florida — a state with over a million and a half swimming pools and 825 miles of beach — is ...

FLORIDA IS KNOWN FOR ITS NATURAL BEAUTY BEACHES, LAKES BUT SADLY NATIONWIDE. FLORIDA IS ALSO KNOWN FOR HAVING THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF DROWNING DEATHS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN. THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS NOW ...