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How to Make Your Pool a Secure, Safe Area

Last updated on September 21, 2022 by Sozo Staff Leave a Comment

Owning a private in-ground pool can be a wonderful complement to both your backyard and your active way of life! Making for so much happiness. A swimming pool does, however, come with obligations and dangers, especially if you have kids in your life. Drowning is the main cause of mortality for children between the ages of 1 and 4. Drowning is the seventh most common cause of death for people even older than that. For your swimming pool, it’s crucial to create and enforce safety standards. We hope you’ll design your own rules based on advice from the American Red Cross to make your swimming pool a fun and friendly place this summer!

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Erect Barriers

If you have a swimming pool, the usual backyard fence is insufficient. A swimming pool fence should be a 4-sided fence that completely encloses your swimming pool, as opposed to only being a 3-sided fence that runs around your yard and into your house. It should have a self-closing, self-latching gate and be at least 4 feet high. When a supervising adult is not around, this design permits little children to play in the yard but not in the pool area.

A safety cover that is utilized while the swimming pool is not in use should be one of the additional safety barriers for your pool. It can also be useful to pair that cover with a pool alarm that activates whenever someone enters the pool.

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Require Careful Monitoring

No one should swim alone in a pool, not even an experienced adult. This is an essential safety regulation. No youngster should be let within the fence-enclosed pool area unless an adult is present to supervise them. Every time a non-swimmer enters the pool, they should be compelled to wear a life jacket or other type of protective floatation gear.

Keep Up with Pool Maintenance

The biggest safety danger associated with swimming pools is undoubtedly drowning, but it’s not the only one. By carefully monitoring your swimming pool’s chemical balance and keeping your filtration system clear of obstructions, you may help swimmers avoid a variety of problems, from getting earaches to skin rashes. Make sure everyone who enters your pool takes a shower first to reduce the amount of bodily fluids and other things that would otherwise cause your pool water to become unnecessarily contaminated with harmful contaminants.

Make Your Policies Public

If policies aren’t posted and followed, they are useless. Each regulation should be carefully written so that it is simple to comprehend and remember. Go over the rules with anyone using your swimming pool. You might even want to think about making any kids repeat the rules aloud and laying out the repercussions if any of your pool’s rules are broken. Of course, you must also see to it that the regulations are followed and that any threatened penalties are carried out.

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