On June 4, 2023 around 6:00 pm a bystander at the Royal Oak community pool in Irvine noticed a child at the bottom of the pool and jumped in to save her.
Firefighters said the Good Samaritans were able to pull her out of the water and administer CPR. The girl was taken to a hospital and is expected to be okay.
Firefighters said this is a good reminder for parents of small children to make sure someone is watching the water at all times, educate children on pool safety, and take CPR classes if possible.
Drowning is the number one cause of accidental death for children under the age of five. Drowning prevention is everyone's responsibility. For this reason, Orange County Fire Authority launched a drowning prevention campaign focused on avoiding distractions, such as using your cell phone, while watching children near water and encouraging individuals to never swim alone.
In Orange County in 2022, there were 114 drowning incidents, 66 of which were non-fatal and 48 of which were fatal. Of those 114 drowning incidents in Orange County in 2022, 35 involved children under the age of five and 25 were adults age 50 and older. (Orange County Drowning Statistics, Orange County Fire Authority, May 2023)
根據地方新聞報導，在6月4日傍晚6點左右，爾灣市的Royal Oak社區游泳池發生一件兒童落水事件。幸好有人發現小孩沈到泳游池底，立即下水營救。在消防隊員趕到現場之前，好心人士為落水的孩子進行了心肺復蘇急救，消防隊員隨即將他送往醫院，並預期他可完全復原。
消防隊員認為這件事是給家長的警愓，在水邊一定要有專人隨時看著小孩，同時也要提醒孩子有關游泳池安全的注意事項，而且，大人最好能接受心肺復蘇急救訓練。
溺水是五歲以下兒童意外死亡的第一大原因， 預防溺水人人有責。出於這個原因，橙縣消防局呼籲居民預防兒童溺水，重點是在監督靠近水邊的兒童時避免分心，例如使用手機，並鼓勵人們不要獨自游泳。
根據橙縣消防隊的統計，去年，橙縣發生了 114 起溺水事故，其中有66件未導致死亡，另外48件則是致命的溺水案。在去年的114 起溺水事故中，有35件發生在不滿5歲的兒童，25件發生在50歲以上的成人。