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Water Safety Strategy

Strategy Framework

Framework

The CA-WSS presents a framework for California’s drowning prevention sector that:

  • Identifies water safety priorities, knowledge gaps, action levels, and cross-cutting core values.

  • Establishes areas for multi-sectoral alignment.

  • Reflects decades of expertise and collaboration

  • Inspires individuals, communities, organizations, and governments to act.

The CA-WSS Framework, described in detail in Section 2, is structured into eight Water Safety Priorities that contain a number of Key Action Areas based on research and consultation. See Section 3 for details of each Water Safety Priority.

Water Safety Priorities

1. Public Significance

2. Data

3. Everyone a Swimmer

4. Safe at All Ages

5. Pools

6. Open Water

7. Lifeguards

8. Water Emergency Preparedness

Action Levels

Community Programs & Education

Professional Training & Capacity

Policy & Systems

Core Values

Collaboration

Equity

Evidence & Evaluation

Local Context