• Pool Chemicals
  • Should be stored securely, out of view and reach of children
• UV Rays
  • UV radiation from the sun cannot be seen or felt.
  • UV can be high even on cool and overcast days.
  • Don’t rely on clear skies and high temperatures to determine when you need to protect yourself.
  • Cover yourself with sun protective clothing, sunscreen and a hat.

What we say,

When People are using your pool

It is up to you and the supervising adults to keep a close eye on the children. If you are having a pool party don’t just invite the kids invite their parents too; the more eyes watching the better. Establish a firm set of rules for your pool that everyone clearly understands and are strictly followed. Adults who are watching children and teens should not drink too much alcohol or find themselves easily distracted.

When the pool is unattended

For those times when your swimming pool is unattended, that is where safety devices become very important. You cannot possibly be in your backyard at all times to keep an eye on your swimming pool so something else has to go to work for you, keeping your swimming pool safe.

Some Sobering Statistics

As a leading supplier of pools and pool products for more than 60 years, we love helping people build pools where they will have endless hours of fun. However, it would be irresponsible of us not to acknowledge that pool ownership comes with some serious responsibilities.

According to Safe Kids Worldwide in their “Dangerous Waters” report:

• The greatest number and highest rate of drowning (in any setting) occur among those under the age of 5
• More than 7 out of 10 fatal pool drownings in children from 2005 to 2014 occurred among those under age 5
• It is likely the increased curiosity and mobility of 1‐4 year olds that explains their increased risk of drowning in this setting
• Lack of supervision and failure of physical barriers were key factors in many of the fatal pool drownings examined by child death review teams

Your Pool: Closely Supervised or Safely Covered

There are two primary ways to ensure the safety of anyone in or around your pool:

1. Close, uninterrupted supervision by a responsible adult
2. Effective barriers. As for barriers, while there is no “perfect” safety measure, studies have shown that pool safety covers are by far one of the most effective (the other being alarms). In one review of drowning data where barriers were breached, measures like fences, gates, and doors were implicated in 27, 22, and 19 percent of deaths respectively. In contrast, pool covers were breached resulting in just 1.7 percent of fatalities.

Looking even more closely at covers, the ability to put an automatic pool safety cover in place with just the flip of a switch helps ensure that it is deployed whenever the pool is not in use. Manual safety covers require some time and effort to put in place, and human nature being what it is, there will be times when a pool that should be covered is not.

As we observe National Water Safety Month, we encourage all pool owners to consider installing an automatic safety cover — whether provided by us or any other vendor. Covers can be included as part of a new pool install or added to existing pools. And the high quality materials and craftsmanship used in these units means they will provide years of outstanding operation.