What are the steps a family can take to reduce the risk of drowning?

Safety is very important, but it starts with, especially people that own pools, knowing all those things, and, of course, if you're swimming in a lake, a pond, a body of water where you're not sure what's going on, you have to consider the current, the depth of the water, the safety of the water. So basic drowning prevention measures for families include, if they have their own pool, make sure it's properly fenced and gated, making sure that swimming is always supervised, making sure that whenever possible the swimmers are trained to swim, and not making assumptions about their level of swimming skills, and then, also, it's really recommended that those families who have a pool should be CPR trained, and have a good idea of how to get ahold of local emergency services and have 911 available, if needed.