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Seal Beach and OCFA stress drowning prevention after lifeguards, volunteers revive man at youth baseball game
Summary
Orange County Fire Authority and Seal Beach officials used presentations and a recent near-fatal rescue to urge swim lessons, constant supervision and barrier use; a lifeguard‑delivered AED shock helped revive a coach, prompting council members to fund an AED for the Pony Baseball snack shack.
City and county public‑safety officials on June 23 emphasized drowning prevention and training after presenters described regional drowning statistics and a recent local cardiac arrest that nearby lifeguards and bystanders helped reverse.
Orange County Fire Authority Division Chief (name given as) said nine drownings had already occurred in 2025 and noted the statewide scale of the problem. "The key to that whole thing is it's preventable," he told the council during a presentation marking Drowning Prevention Month. He urged the ABCs of drowning prevention: active adult supervision, barriers and…
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