No one wants to think about swimming pool accidents when they’ve made the decision to become a swimming pool owner. Talk with your pool contractor about ways to prevent swimming pool tragedies. It’s important that pool owners understand the responsibility that comes with being a pool owner.
While the pool contractors from Tipton Pools in Knoxville, TN don’t want to strike fear into the hearts of swimming pool owners, but they do want a healthy dose of respect to always be front of mind when you’re in and around the pool. Did you know, according to the USA Swimming Foundation, that more than 200 children between the ages of one and fourteen drown during the summer swim season. The fact is that nearly all of these accidents could have been prevented.
Prevent swimming pool tragedies
Enhance the safety of your pool by:
- Installing a fence that is at least four foot tall and that surrounds the entire pool. Make sure it is self-closing and latching and that it doesn’t have any possible footholds for a curious child to climb.
- Always use a swimming pool safety cover.
- Install pool alarms — there are many types available.
- Install alarms on the pool gate.
- Ask us whether the main drain in your swimming pool complies with the Virginia Graeme Baker act.
Make sure your children and everyone who lives in the house understands the “rules of the pool.” Here are safety tips:
- Someone in the family should know CPR
- Teach your children to swim.
- Have children wear safety vests.
- Never allow anyone to swim alone
- Keep a phone poolside for emergencies
Ask us for advice on how to make the swimming pool the safest room in the house. Also, don’t let children run on the pool deck or ride any bicycles or other items on the deck becuase they could slip and fall in. Here’s to the safest summer yet!