How Safe is Your
Pool?
Pools
are great to have in the summer- a place to cool off and relax after a long hot
day. It is important that everyone that has a pool to adopt water safety steps
to prevent children from accessing the water when there is no adult supervision
and are appropriately protected when an adult is available to supervise.
How
safe is your pool? By answering these questions about your pool you can check
the effectiveness of your water safety in your home. If you cannot answer these
questions, determine what steps need to be taken to protect children from
drowning injuries:
Contact the American Red Cross to find swim classes closest to you at 1800-REDCROSS or by visiting www.redcross.org.
- Is there a fence around the perimeter of your pool?
- Are there self-closing and self-latching gates?
- Is there a door, gate or pool alarm?
- Does your pool have anti-entrapment drain covers?
- Are all pool covers in working order?
- Has someone in the family received training in CPR, first aid and emergency response?
- Has everyone learned how to swim?
Contact the American Red Cross to find swim classes closest to you at 1800-REDCROSS or by visiting www.redcross.org.
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