Drowning Prevention

Drowning can happen in seconds. This National Drowning Prevention Week, Partner Stacey Stevens shares key tips to help safeguard you and your loved ones near the water.

1. Know how to swim. If you don’t know how to swim, use a flotation device.
2. If you have kids, don’t let them swim unattended.
3. If you’re swimming in a lake, make sure to check the weather. You’ve checked the currents, and if there’s going to be any diving, make sure that you’ve checked the depth.
4. If you’re going to go swimming, whether it’s in a pool or the lake, don’t be drinking and don’t be taking any drugs.
5. If you have a pool, make sure that there’s a fence around your pool and the gate is locked at all times

Stacey represented many families who have lost a loved one in drowning cases. Never underestimate what can happen when someone’s in the water. The water is powerful, and anything can happen in a heartbeat.

Stacey Stevens is a partner and a personal injury lawyer at Thomson Rogers LLP. She devoted her practice to helping people who have sustained serious personal injuries from car, motorcycle, boating accidents and slip and falls. Stacey’s expertise has been sought out in interviews on Canada AM, the Business News Network and CFRB Radio, and in newspapers and magazines, including the Lawyer’s Weekly, Law Times, The Litigator and The Globe and Mail. Stacey can be reached at 416-868-3186 or by email.