Swimming Pool Safety
Swimming pool safety is something that is everyone’s concern and responsibility. Florida loses more children ages 1–4 to drowning than any other state. Florida overwhelmingly has the highest unintentional drowning rate in the nation for the 1–4 year old age group with a rate of 6.98 per 100,000 population (Oklahoma was second for this age group with a rate of 5.04) for 2007–2009.
These numbers are scary, but real. About.com put together a list of swimming pool safety tips to help ensure that all homeowners out there follow proper protocol when it comes to keep their own family and guests safe. Parents should not be fooled into thinking that their child is safe just because he/she knows how to swim. In a lot of these cases accidents happened even though the child knew swimming. Accidents in the swimming pool can happen very suddenly without warning. It is very important that all parents follow these basic safety precautions especially if there is a swimming pool at home. Here are a few of our top tips to follow while the warm weather rolls in.
Swimming Pool Safety Tips
1. Never allow your youngster to swim alone without any adult supervision. It is quite common to develop a cramp underwater, or for accidents like hitting your head while diving for example, to occur. It is paramount that there should be persons around to help in such situations.
2. Enclose your pool with high fences, which can be locked. Do not leave the pool open and accessible since children can fall inside. Keep your pool safe, and keep your kids away from the poolside. (Law requires that new residential swimming pools have at least one of the following: an enclosure, pool safety cover, exit alarms on doors, or self-closing, self-latching devices on entries to the pool. The enclosure must be a barrier at least four feet high on the outside and surround the perimeter of the pool. Gates to the swimming pool must also be equipped with self-closing and self-latching locking devices. The residence may be used as one side of the barrier if it does not contain doors or windows that provide access to the swimming pool.) www.doh.state.fl.us
3. In case of a backyard swimming pool, make sure that the cover of the pool is completely lifted over the pool. Do not partially open the pool. Also make sure that your child does not walk over the pool cover.
And lastly, make sure to stay on top of all of your guests, especially children. You must be observant while enjoying yourself. Craig Cohen ensures that all his clients are up to date with the new safety regulations and ensures the best quality products to provide the safest environment in your backyard.