65 reactions · 42 shares | Last year, 61 families received a call no one should. It was Victoria’s highest fatal drowning toll in more than 20 years. As we release the 2020–21 Victorian Drowning Report today, we remind everyone that the statistics collated within represent real people, real lives, devastated by drowning. While anyone can drown, no one should. Read more about the drowning report: https://bit.ly/2ZJoOp0 | Life Saving Victoria | Facebook

Launched by the Play it Safe by the Water Committee as part of Water Safety Week, Life Saving Victoria has released the 2019/20 Victorian Drowning Report at the official launch event with Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp APM. There were 34 drowning deaths in 2019/20 and while this is a 23% reduction in the drowning rate compared to the 10-year average, these figures need to be understood in the context of a season impacted by poor air quality, bushfires and the onset of the global