Fire Chief Sam DiGovannaSpecial to the Valley NewsSummer is upon us, and temperatures are heating up this week. Many people are spending their time in pools to beat the heat. Unfortunately, there is the dangerous side to summer and swimming pools.Drowning incidents are dramatically on the rise locally and statewide. Parents whose children have drowned say the day of the tragedy started out just like any other day. No matter how the drowning happened or where it happened – pool, spa or any other body of water – one thing was the same, the seconds that claimed their child's life slid by silently, without warning, it happens just like that and can never be brought back.Drowning is preventable.Children drown without a sound. Drowning is a quiet event. There is no splash
