Call to tackle rise in water deaths
The Huddersfield Daily Examiner
|May 03, 2025
FIRE chiefs are calling for urgent national action to prevent drownings after a 16-year-old boy died while swimming in a lake during a spell of hot weather.
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The National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) has urged the Government to give fire services in England a legal duty to respond to water emergencies, such as rescues in rivers, lakes and canals.
The call comes during the NFCC's Be Water Aware campaign and as emergency services report a rise in waterrelated incidents.
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