Safety Tips
Simple water safety tips can save lives.

Your greatest water safety assurance comes from adopting and practicing as many safety steps as possible. Adding an extra
safety step around the water can make all the difference.

You can never know which safety step will save a life-until it does.
Stay close, be alert and watch

o   Always watch your children and never
leave  them unattended

o   Keep children away from pool drains,
pipes and other openings

o   Have a phone close at all times

o   If a child is missing, check the pool first

o   Share safety instructions with family ,
friends, and neighbors
Learn and Practice Water Safety Skills

o   Learn to swim

o   Know how to perform CPR on children and adults

o   Understand the basics of life saving so that you can assist in a pool emergency
Have the Appropriate Equipment

o   Install a fence around the perimeter of
the pool and spa  of at least four feet in
height

o   Use self closing and self latching gates

o   Ensure all pools and spas have
compliant drain covers

o   Install a door alarm from the house to
the pool area

o   Maintain pool and spa covers in
working order

o   Have life saving equipment such as life
rings or reaching poles available for use