🏊 Simple Safety Measures Can Save Lives

Arizona Drowning Stats & Why Simple Safety Measures Save Lives

The Alarming Reality in 2025

• As of July 13, 2025, Maricopa and Pinal counties reported 20 water-related deaths, including 4 children under 13.

• In 2024, those same counties saw 79 water-related fatalities, with 19 children under 5—a tragic increase from the year before.

• Across Arizona, every single child drowning was deemed preventable by the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS).

Why Every Death Was Preventable

Most drownings occur at home, and many involve unsupervised access to pools or backyards. Factors often include:

• Unlocked or easily opened sliding glass doors

• Absence of barriers or latches

These tragedies don’t just happen because a child was near a pool. They happen when multiple layers of safety are missing.

🔐 Small Products, Big Protection

Adding something as simple as a high-mounted safety latch or secondary lock to your sliding door can truly be the difference between safety and tragedy. At Slide Right, we’re proud to be Arizona’s leader in safety features for doors, offering expert solutions that add real protection to your home.

We provide a range of configurations to accommodate most sliding glass doors to pass inspection, including traditional two-panel sliders and larger multi-slide systems. We also offer safety upgrades for hinged doors, ensuring every potential exit is secure—even the ones you might not think about every day.

One of our newest safety solutions is ideal for homes with multi-panel sliding doors: our wall-mounted alarm and child safety latch combo. This setup provides an extra physical layer of security to prevent unsupervised access and if the door should open it helps alert you the moment it is opened, giving parents and caregivers peace of mind.

Whether you’re securing your home for your own children, your grandkids, or just want to be sure visiting little ones are protected, Slide Right is here to help you add that critical layer of defense—right at the door.

🧒 Safety Is for Every Child—Not Just Yours

Even if your kids are older, safety features should remain in place for:

• Visiting toddlers or babies during family gatherings

• Your children’s friends who might not be familiar with swimming or other hazards in your back yard.

• Cousins, grandkids, neighbors—anyone small and curious

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These safety features are simple to install but could prevent a lifelong regret.

✅ Don’t Wait for a Code to Act

In Arizona, many cities require barriers for pool access—but they don’t always include requirements for sliding doors, garage exits, or yard gates.

Even if not required by code, these safety layers are:

• Inexpensive

• Non-intrusive to daily life

• Absolutely worth it

🛠 Other Pool & Yard Safety Must-Haves

• Self-closing door hinges: Ensure doors can’t be left open accidentally

• Alarms: Door alarms alert you when a child exits unexpectedly

  
  

🧠 Final Thought

No one plans for an accident—but we can plan to prevent one. Installing a simple latch or barrier might feel small, but it sends a big message!

Whether you're a parent, grandparent, or just someone who hosts friends and family, these low-cost, high-impact measures could literally save a life.

Let’s protect Arizona’s children—one door, one latch, one step at a time.