Other Uses For Pool Fencing Systems

Other Uses For Pool Fencing Systems

Pool Safety Tips for a Safe and Happy Winter

A swimming pool is a great addition to any home and adds hours of fun. Spending time together as a family, the health benefits and value a pool adds to a home are sometimes overlooked and underestimated. Pool safety is something that should be top of mind and Hawaiian Pool Builders offers some winter safety advice.
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Toledo, OH (PRWEB) December 15, 2011

Now that the colder temperatures have arrived many people forget about pool and spa safety. Before the snow hits, it’s important to check several items to prepare for the cold winter months ahead.

Hawaiian Pool Builders offers these swimming pool and spa safety tips:

1. Check all the straps around the perimeter of the pool. Straps should be tight and not tangled. If any straps are loose, tighten them up to insure even tension. If these are not tightened, small children might be able to crawl under the cover. It would be next to impossible to see someone that was physically under the cover.

2. A pool or spa cover is an essential piece of safety equipment. Inspect the cover for rips or tears. With a few inches of snow on the cover a child OR adult could unexpectedly walk on the cover and exaggerate the tear, subsequently falling though.

3. Make sure all the breakers to your pool equipment are turned off from the main breaker panel. No need to worry about a child accidently turning on your pump with no water circulation.

4. Inspect fences surrounding the pool to ensure locks and latches are working properly. Though it’s winter, it’s important to be sure unsupervised children are not able to access the pool while playing in the back yard.
These common sense steps take only a few minutes to complete. The time spent inspecting your swimming pool to ensure winter safety can provide great peace of mind.

Hawaiian Pool Builders designs, installs and services swimming pools from its headquarters in Maumee, Ohio. Winter is a great time to start pool research and meet with a team of professionals to guarantee a spot on the spring construction schedule.

The smallest pool can pose a hazard

14 Dec, 2011 01:00 AM

HEALTH authorities are warning parents about the dangers of inflatable pools in the lead up to hot summer weather.
A new US study has found that inflatable pools can be more dangerous than large pools because they do not have fences and are often not emptied.

Camden Council acting development and health director Jeremy Swan said even inflatable pools sometimes required a fence.

"Under the Swimming Pools Fences Act, anything that can be filled to a depth of 300 millilitres or more requires a swimming pool fence," Mr Swan said.

The council was not able to police whether inflatable pool owners were following the law, he said, but he knew of only one child drowning in the past 10 years.

The Sydney Children's Hospitals Network has reported a steady increase in drowning incidents over the past couple of years.

There is no Australian data on drowning in inflatable pools at this time.

Kellie Wilson from the trauma service at Sydney Children's Hospital said drowning was a leading cause of death among children under the age of five.

"Any unattended amount of water can be a danger to young inquisitive children, from a half empty bucket of water, to a backyard swimming pool," she said. "We urge parents to closely supervise their children at all times, learn basic CPR and teach children how to swim from a young age."

Pool Fence Warning

POOL and spa owners have been reminded to stay aware of safety requirements to prevent backyard drownings.

Moonee Valley Mayor Jim Cusack, speaking as part of a council awareness campaign, said barriers must be installed for pools with a water capacity of 30cm or more.

“Pools and spas are for fun people of all ages during warm summer days, and most of all, children love the water,” Cr Cusack said.

“However, owning a pool or spa brings with it legal responsibilities to ensure that the required safety standards are met.”

Safety barriers include fences, walls, gates, locks, latches, bolts and fly screens and must be unable to be climbed.

Life Saving Victoria data showed there were no drownings in Moonee Valley in the 2010-11 year.

There was one drowning the previous year.

Life Saving Victoria manager of research and injury prevention Dr Bernadette Matthews said it was also important to think about water safety when going away for summer holidays.

Pool safety is vital

06/Dec/2011

Frank Granger, Applecross

Comments: 1 reader has left a comment

CHILDREN accidentally drowning in home swimming pools can be prevented.

There is an easy and not expensive way to stop the unnecessary death of children through drowning.

In 1962, I built a large swimming pool in my new home in Applecross.

We had a young family and I was determined they would learn to swim at a young age. It was easy – we bought a few kids life jackets.

Our family got used to the idea very quickly – no life jacket and you are not allowed inside the pool fence.

This was a strict rule applied to visitors’ children as well.

Our kids could swim well and truly before they went to school, as did a lot of our friends’ kids.

As we had one of the first private pools in Applecross, a lot of the local kids learnt to swim in it with a life jacket.

Our daughter, later in life, applied the same practice with her kids and visitors’ children with her pool.

One of the factors in deciding to build a pool – to have our kids swim at an early age – was that my wife lost her brother in a drowning accident when he was just nine.

Needless to say, neither my wife nor her brother could swim.

Another thing I believe in is to follow the belief of our great swimming coach Laurie Lawrence and teach your kids to swim when they are babies.

Even if you do not have children and have a pool, go out and buy a couple of children’s life jackets.

If my letter saves one life, the time I have taken to write it makes life worthwhile.

Pool safety is vital

12/05/2011

Frank Granger, Applecross

Comments:

CHILDREN accidentally drowning in home swimming pools can be prevented.

There is an easy and not expensive way to stop the unnecessary death of children through drowning.

In 1962, I built a large swimming pool in my new home in Applecross.

We had a young family and I was determined they would learn to swim at a young age. It was easy – we bought a few kids life jackets.

Our family got used to the idea very quickly – no life jacket and you are not allowed inside the pool fence.

This was a strict rule applied to visitors’ children as well.

Our kids could swim well and truly before they went to school, as did a lot of our friends’ kids.

As we had one of the first private pools in Applecross, a lot of the local kids learnt to swim in it with a life jacket.

Our daughter, later in life, applied the same practice with her kids and visitors’ children with her pool.

One of the factors in deciding to build a pool – to have our kids swim at an early age – was that my wife lost her brother in a drowning accident when he was just nine.

Needless to say, neither my wife nor her brother could swim.

Another thing I believe in is to follow the belief of our great swimming coach Laurie Lawrence and teach your kids to swim when they are babies.

Even if you do not have children and have a pool, go out and buy a couple of children’s life jackets.

If my letter saves one life, the time I have taken to write it makes life worthwhile.

Two-year-old boy drowns in swimming pool after wandering off as his parents attended engagement party.

By EMMA REYNOLDS

Last updated at 6:58 PM on 1st December 2011

A mother and father today told of their devastation after their two-year-old son wandered off from a family engagement party and drowned in a swimming pool.

Toddler Ryan Pearman was a beautiful, happy child, his distraught parents said after the inquest in Oxford.

The toddler, of St Albans in Hertfordshire, was found face down in the water and airlifted to hospital, but he died later that day.

Bride-to-be Jane Pearman told the coroner she screamed in horror when she found her cousin's son in a next-door neighbour's pool in Sonning Common, Oxfordshire.

His father Chris said the family were 'just as devastated as we were on that day. It is something we will never get over.'

Miss Pearson told the inquest she had been saying goodbye to guests when Mr Pearman had come to the front door and asked she had seen Ryan.

She said: 'I walked up into next door's garden and could see there was a pool of water on the top of the cover of the swimming pool, which had not been there when I had spoken to Margaret (the owner of the house) earlier in the day.

'I lifted up the cover about half a metre and saw Ryan. I must have shouted or screamed at that point. I went straight in and got him out.'

Her family rushed to join her and Ryan was given CPR until paramedics arrived.

The boy was found in the pool on Sunday July 31. He was airlifted to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford but could not be revived and was certified dead at 7.30pm.

The party of 40 adults and 10 children was hosted by Ryan's great-uncle and aunt, John and Diana Pearman, to celebrate their daughter Jane's engagement.

Ryan had been supervised throughout the day, his devastated father told the inquest.

The father of three agreed with coroner Nicholas Gardiner that it had been a case of 'both parents thinking the other was looking after him.'

He added: 'Ryan had been a few steps in front of me going into the garden and my wife thought he was with me.

'He was a very active youngster. He had played hide and seek and swing ball. The last time I saw him was with Ben (Ryan's brother), having a drink.'

The inquest heard Ryan wandered off when some of the family were playing cricket in a nearby field and other adults were inside the house.

We are just as devastated as we were on that day. It is something we will never get over. Ryan was a very happy child. He lived life to the full.
- CHRIS PEARMAN

Ryan had squeezed through some fence posts at the end of the garden and wandered up a country track to next door's house, the inquest was told.

The death was not being treated as suspicious, Detective Constable Rick Josey of Thames Valley Police told the coroner.

A post-mortem examination into Ryan's death showed he had drowned.

Dr Steve Gould told the inquest that the youngster had fluid on his lungs.

Recording a verdict of accidental death, Mr Gardiner said: 'The swimming pool proved irresistibly tempting for a two-year-old child.

'It was unfortunate the pool was unguarded.'

Mr Pearman and wife Siobhan described their son as a 'beautiful, happy, loving and funny little boy.'

They said: 'He was nearing his third birthday when he died. The middle of our three boys, he was always at the centre of everything that happened. He had the ability to always make us smile and we are so proud of him and miss him terribly.

'Until this tragic event we did not realise how dangerous some of the commonly used pool covers can be. Some pool covers give the impression of being solid - especially to a child - but in fact are not.

We hope that what happened to our much-loved son Ryan will draw attention to this so that other people learn from it and hopefully similar tragedies can be avoided in the future.

'The Hertfordshire Safeguarding Children Board will be including a message about swimming pool safety in the Safe in the Sun campaign they are running in the Spring.

'In memory of our son we will also be pushing for UK legislation to introduce safety measures, for instance fencing or child-safe pool covers for all in-ground pools.

'We do not want any other child to lose their life in this way.

'We would like to thank the staff at the John Radcliffe Hospital, and the Air Ambulance service who tried so hard to save Ryan's life.

'The Air Ambulance gave Ryan the best chance he had. As a family we are fundraising for the Hertfordshire and Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance Services in support of their good work.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2068746/Two-year-old-boy-drowns-swimming-pool-wandering-parents-attended-engagement-party.html#ixzz1fOCUuKVD