Suncoast Safe Kids Coalition

Last year, there were 98 deaths, up from 69 in 2020, according to DCF. The agency says Florida "loses more children under the age of 5 to drowning than any other state in the nation."

Florida is about to increase the age requirement for children riding in car seats.As of Thursday, the law requires five-point restraints until a child's…

The large digital thermometer attached to a car read 88 degrees when the St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue and the Suncoast Safe Kids Coalition started a…

Over the past year, authorities responded to 183 emergency calls for children who were locked in cars in Pinellas County. Now, St. Petersburg Fire and…