Pool Safety Tips

Never leave a child unattended in a pool or spa and always watch your child when he or she is in or near water

• Teach children basic water safety tips
• Keep children away from pool drains, pipes and other openings to avoid entrapments
• Have a telephone close by when you or your family is using a pool or spa
• If a child is missing, look for him or her in the pool or spa first
• Share safety instructions with family, friends and neighbors
• Learn how to swim and teach your child how to swim
• Learn to perform CPR on children and adults, and update those skills regularly
• Understand the basics of life-saving so that you can assist in a pool emergency
• Install a four-foot or taller fence around the pool and spa and use self-closing and self-latching gates; ask your neighbors to do the same at their pools.
• Install and use a lockable safety cover on your spa.
• If your house serves as a fourth side of a fence around a pool, install door alarms and always use them. For additional protection, install window guards on windows facing pools or spas.
• Install pool and gate alarms to alert you when children go near the water
• Ensure any pool and spa you use has compliant drain covers, and ask your pool service provider if you do not know
• Maintain pool and spa covers in good working order
• Consider using a surface wave or underwater alarm

6 Tips to Stay Safe at the Pool

Before you do a cannon ball into the deep end of summer fun, check out these pool safety tips from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

1.     Never leave a child unattended at a pool or spa. Always watch your child when s/he is in or near the water.

2.     Keep children away from pool drains, pipes and other openings to prevent entrapment.

3.     Keep a phone handy when at the pool. Check the pool/spa first if a child is missing.

4.     Make sure you and your child know how to swim.

5.     Learn CPR.