West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (WYFRS) has been supporting the national Drowning Prevention Week run by the Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK), which runs until Monday 26 June 2017.
Tragically last Monday, 19 June, a teenage boy died at Greenbooth Reservoir in Rochdale.
Nationally, the emergency services respond every year to over 100,000 water-related rescues and flood events.
Around 400 people die from drowning as a result of an accident in or around water in the UK every year.
WYFRS carried out a water rescue exercise today, 23 June, at Ogden Water in Halifax to help spread the message of water safety.

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