Safety Tips
Drowning Prevention Tips for Pool Owners
- Never assume that drowning or a drowning incident couldn't happen to you or your family.
- Don't have a confident sense of security just because you assume your pool area and home are fully secure. Whether inside or outside of your house, always watch your children.
- Never leave a child unsupervised in the water or pool area for any reason. Don't let doorbells, phone calls, chores or conversations ever become a distraction. If you must leave the pool area, take the child with you, and make sure the pool gate latches are secure when it closes.
- Again always keep your eyes on the child or children. Choose a child watcher, whether it's you or someone else, when you attend a party or have friends or family over.
- Talk with baby-sitters about pool safety, drowning prevention and supervision.
- Post rules such as "No pushing," "No running," "No dunking" and "Never swim alone." Please enforce the rules.
- Don't rely on swimming lessons or "floaties" to protect your children in the water.
- Attend a CPR class. Make sure your baby-sitter knows CPR.
- Encourage your neighbors to follow pool safety guidelines including keeping their back gates and doors locked, and their pool gates securely closed and latched.