Swimming Pool Safety Measures
Safety is not just for kids; SAFETY is for EVERYBODY in and around the pool.
The following are the recommendations or key parameters that typically contribute to child drowning in swimming pools. These are the minimum steps you can take to make your pool a safe place for your child. Barriers doesnt guarantee full layer protection for a child but provide layers of protection for a child who strays from supervision. Barriers give parents additional time to locate a child before the unexpected becomes a reality.
Barriers include a fence or wall, door alarms for the house, and a power safety cover over the pool. Barriers also may be used to protect children from accessing hot tubs and spas. Use the following recommendations as a guide:
FENCES & GATES
1. Install a fence or other barrier, such as a wall, completely around the pool. If the house is part of the barrier, the doors leading from the house to the pool should be protected with an alarm or the pool should have a power safety cover.
2. The fence or other barrier should be at least 4 feet high. It should have no foot- or handholds that could help a young child to climb it.
3. Vertical fence slats should be less than 4 inches apart to prevent a child from squeezing through.
4. Fence gates should be self-closing and self-latching. The gate should be well maintained to close and latch easily. The latch should be out of a child's reach.
There are a wide variety of fencing construction materials available to compliment your house and pool surroundings. Your local fence company or pool enclosure company can provide you with information and assist you in making a selection.
DOOR ALARMS
1. If the house forms one side of the barrier, then doors leading from the house to the pool should be protected with alarms that produce an audible sound when a door is unexpectedly opened.
2. Install an alarm that can be temporarily turned off by an adult for a single opening of the door by using a keypad or switch that is out of a child's reach.
Battery and electrically powered alarms are available. The key pad switch can be used by adults who wish to pass through the door without setting off the alarm. It should be placed high on all doors leading from the house to the pool. Affordable and easily installed alarms are available. An alarm signal immediately tells a parent that a door has been opened.
POWER SAFETY COVERS
A power safety cover is a motor powered barrier that can be placed over the water area. Motor-driven covers easily open and close over the pool. When the power safety cover is properly in place over the pool, it provides a high level of safety for children under 5 years old by inhibiting their access to the water.
Whether youre splashing around at the pool or making waves at the beach this summer swimming can be lots of fun. Yet, accidents do happen if you dont take care by the waterside. Heres our guide to swimming safely in the sunits better to be safe than sorry!
The following are the recommendations or key parameters that typically contribute to child drowning in swimming pools. These are the minimum steps you can take to make your pool a safe place for your child. Barriers doesnt guarantee full layer protection for a child but provide layers of protection for a child who strays from supervision. Barriers give parents additional time to locate a child before the unexpected becomes a reality.
Barriers include a fence or wall, door alarms for the house, and a power safety cover over the pool. Barriers also may be used to protect children from accessing hot tubs and spas. Use the following recommendations as a guide:
FENCES & GATES
1. Install a fence or other barrier, such as a wall, completely around the pool. If the house is part of the barrier, the doors leading from the house to the pool should be protected with an alarm or the pool should have a power safety cover.
2. The fence or other barrier should be at least 4 feet high. It should have no foot- or handholds that could help a young child to climb it.
3. Vertical fence slats should be less than 4 inches apart to prevent a child from squeezing through.
4. Fence gates should be self-closing and self-latching. The gate should be well maintained to close and latch easily. The latch should be out of a child's reach.
There are a wide variety of fencing construction materials available to compliment your house and pool surroundings. Your local fence company or pool enclosure company can provide you with information and assist you in making a selection.
DOOR ALARMS
1. If the house forms one side of the barrier, then doors leading from the house to the pool should be protected with alarms that produce an audible sound when a door is unexpectedly opened.
2. Install an alarm that can be temporarily turned off by an adult for a single opening of the door by using a keypad or switch that is out of a child's reach.
Battery and electrically powered alarms are available. The key pad switch can be used by adults who wish to pass through the door without setting off the alarm. It should be placed high on all doors leading from the house to the pool. Affordable and easily installed alarms are available. An alarm signal immediately tells a parent that a door has been opened.
POWER SAFETY COVERS
A power safety cover is a motor powered barrier that can be placed over the water area. Motor-driven covers easily open and close over the pool. When the power safety cover is properly in place over the pool, it provides a high level of safety for children under 5 years old by inhibiting their access to the water.
Whether youre splashing around at the pool or making waves at the beach this summer swimming can be lots of fun. Yet, accidents do happen if you dont take care by the waterside. Heres our guide to swimming safely in the sunits better to be safe than sorry!
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