Pool Safety
Besides installing Safety Vacuum Release Systems
(SVRS) like Vac-Alert and Stingl
products to prevent drowning and pool entrapment, the Consumer
Products Safety Commission offers the following tips for pool owners:
- Never
leave a child unsupervised near a pool.
- Instruct
baby-sitters about potential hazards to young children in and around
swimming pools and the need for constant supervision.
- Completely
fence the pool. Install self-closing and self-latching gates.
- Position
latches out of reach of young children.
- Keep
all doors and windows leading to the pool area secure to prevent small
children from getting to the pool. (Effective barriers and locks are
necessary preventive measures, but there is no substitute for supervision).
- Do
not consider young children "drown proof" because they have
had swimming lessons; young children should always be watched carefully
while swimming.
- Do
not use flotation devices as a substitute for supervision.
- Never
use a pool with its pool cover partially in place, since children may
become entrapped under it. Remove the cover completely.
- Place
tables and chairs well away from the pool fence to prevent children
from climbing into the pool area.
- Keep
toys away from the pool area because a young child playing with the
toys could accidentally fall in the water.
- Remove
steps to above ground pools when not in use.
- Have
a telephone at poolside to avoid having to leave children unattended
in or near the pool to answer a telephone elsewhere. Keep emergency
numbers at the poolside telephone.
- Learn
CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation).
- Keep
rescue equipment by the pool.
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