Drowning is the single leading cause of death for children 1-4. Let’s change that together!
Water safety is a lifelong endeavor, but it only takes a few minutes to learn these 5 Layers of Protection. You never know which layer will save a life!
Take action now to prevent drowning and keep your family safer around water.
Become a Water Safety Champion in your community today!
Keep communities safe by learning the regulations for public and residential pools, spas and hot tubs established by ISPSC, ANSI, ASTM, and PHTA.
Find the latest resources, articles, and tools to promote Water Safety in your community!
Access exclusive members-only resources and manage your account.
Connect with partners through our Partner Directory, access our drowning data and literature library, and more through by using our resource center.
Stay connected with NDPA on social media, through Webinars, articles, and The Water Safety Podcast.
Join the NDPA for our two annual event where you’ll gain valuable insights and education while networking with other advocates and professionals.
may, 2023
15mayAll Day2023 International Water Safety Day2023 International Water Safety Day
International Water Safety Day is designed to help spread global awareness of the ongoing drowning pandemic,
International Water Safety Day is designed to help spread global awareness of the ongoing drowning pandemic, and educate the youth in becoming safer in and around water. May 15th is a day to spread drowning awareness and water safety education by any means possible. The lack of water safety education has propelled drownings worldwide. Let’s vow to change that!
All Day (Monday)
The mission of the National Drowning Prevention Alliance is: “United, we can prevent the tragedy of drowning.” We believe that together we can reduce the incidence of drowning and aquatic injuries in the US and abroad. Join us to help save lives!
This site uses cookies. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
OKPrivacy PolicyTerms & ConditionsWe may request cookies to be set on your device. We use cookies to let us know when you visit our websites, how you interact with us, to enrich your user experience, and to customize your relationship with our website.
Click on the different category headings to find out more. You can also change some of your preferences. Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer.
These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features.
Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, refusing them will have impact how our site functions. You always can block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings and force blocking all cookies on this website. But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site.
We fully respect if you want to refuse cookies but to avoid asking you again and again kindly allow us to store a cookie for that. You are free to opt out any time or opt in for other cookies to get a better experience. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain.
We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. You can check these in your browser security settings.
These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our website and application for you in order to enhance your experience.
If you do not want that we track your visit to our site you can disable tracking in your browser here:
We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. Changes will take effect once you reload the page.
Google Webfont Settings:
Google Map Settings:
Google reCaptcha Settings:
Vimeo and Youtube video embeds:
The following cookies are also needed - You can choose if you want to allow them:
You can read about our cookies and privacy settings in detail on our Privacy Policy Page.
