Pool safety tips:
- Active adult supervision at all times by the pool. Never take your eyes of a child near a pool and ideally stay within arm’s reach.
- Designate a water watcher who is 100% dedicated to watching children and nothing else.
- Install a pool fence to isolate your child from the pool with a physical pool barrier.
- Learn CPR to be able to help a child if needed.
- High locks on doors and windows leading to the pool to prevent access to the pool from your home.
- Alarms on the pool gate as an audible alert to parents, adults or family.
- Pool alarms that sound off if a child enters the pool and disrupts the water.
- Do not leave toys in the pool. Children are attracted to toys.
- Wear brightly colored swim suits.
- Provide rescue/ self-survival swim lessons to your child so that they know how to float if they fall into the pool.
- Always check the pool area first if a child is missing. It can save a life.
- Only use anti-entrapment drain covers and other child safe products in your pool.
