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Swimming Pool Safety & Security
Pool safety is one of the most important aspects
to look into once the pool is installed. While using the pool one has to be
careful about drowning, entrapment, electrical safety etc. And when the pool
is unused steps should be taken to prevent it from becoming a death trap for
children and pets.
In this section find info on the following
topics:
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Prevent Child In-Home Drowning Deaths
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Hair
Entrapment: Safety Alert
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Guidelines for Entrapment Hazards
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Electrical Safety
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Pools Are Perilous for Pets
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Pool Fences and Alarms
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Pool Insurance
Prevent Child
In-Home Drowning Deaths
Safety tips issued by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to help
prevent childhood drowning deaths in and around the home. Nationally, drowning is a
leading cause of death to children under five. So the Safety Commission warns
parents on the importance of supervision.
Pool
Safety Tips - Don’t spoil your fun at poolside with carelessness or
forgetfulness by getting hurt. Pools are for fun! Some highlights to remember…
Hair Entrapment In Drain
Covers For Spas, Hot Tubs, And Whirlpool Bathtubs: Safety Alert
Hair entrapment occurs when a bather's hair becomes entangled in a suction fitting
drain cover as the water and hair are drawn powerfully through the drain.
Ways to prevent this entrapment is suggested here.
Safety Barrier Guidelines
for Home Pools
Explains guidelines for barriers intended to prevent drowning and near
drowning of children in home pools, spas and hot tubs.
Guidelines
for Entrapment Hazards
The guidelines are intended for use in building, maintaining and upgrading
both public and private pools and spas. Includes technical information for
pool and spa professionals
Pool Safety Products
Find some of the pool safety products such as barrier "Swim Area"
buoy, safety line float kits, rescue tubes, life ring and cabinet
combination, spine board with head immobilizer, ring buoys, safety
buoy, safety latch...
Electrical
Safety
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the American Red Cross
are warning of another hidden danger to swimmers: electrocution. There have
been 60 deaths and nearly 50 serious shocks reported over the past 13 years
involving electrical hazards in and around swimming pools.
Don’t Swim
With Shocks warns the CPSC
Swimming
Pool & Water Safety
Despite some beliefs, safety is not just for kids,
SAFETY is for EVERYBODY in and around the pool.
New Pool and Hot
Tub Owner Safety Campaign Kicks Off
The members of The Association of Pool & Spa Professionals announce a new
public water safety initiative for 2005, “New Safety Technologies for
Existing Installations.”
Pools Are Perilous for
Pets
Even if under constant supervision, the unanticipated takes place—animals are
chased, doors are left open leading to accidents.
So make use of the skamper-ramp, which saves your pet when you are not
around.
Pool Fences and
Alarms
While pool fences play a crucial role in ensuring that all animals and
children are kept away from your pool, pool surface alarms work by
distinguishing and signaling when someone (or a certain weight) enters the
water's surface.
For more guidance on
fences and gates, pool covers, barriers, alarms, etc.
Pool Insurance
Pool insurance is important to North American homeowners who are concerned
about protecting their large investments. Because of the risk factor it is
important to protect your pool and yourself from damage, injury or accidents
that you can be liable for.
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