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Resources Drowning Data/Reports Virginia Graeme Baker Pool & Spa Safety Act TITLE XIV–POOL AND SPA SAFETY Layers of Protection Around Aquatic Environments to Prevent Child Drowning Water Rescues Recreational Activities Educational Videos

Drowning Data/Reports

Virginia Graeme Baker Pool & Spa Safety Act

TITLE XIV–POOL AND SPA SAFETY

Layers of Protection Around Aquatic Environments to Prevent Child Drowning

Water Rescues

Recreational Activities

We all know swimming & many other water related sports are a great way to have fun & also beat the summer heat! Kids need constant supervision around the water. It is important to make water safety a priority to protect our children when participating in and around water activities. According to the Center for disease Control and Prevention, drowning is a leading cause of injury death for young children ages 1 to 4, and the fifth leading cause of unintentional injury death for people of all ages. For toddlers (children ages 1 to 4 years), swimming pools pose the greatest risk of submersion injury.

Parents and families can build on their current safety systems at pools and spas by adopting additional water safety steps. Adding as many proven water safety steps as possible is the best way to assure a safe and fun experience, because you can never know which one might save a child’s life—until it does.

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

Download the Pool Safely Coloring Page (PDF)

From PoolSafely watch the Adventures of Splish & Splash (interactive)

Watch the Adventures of Splish & Splash

From CDC coloring book about The Safe Family.

Color Me Safe – English (PDF)

Color Me Safe – Spanish (PDF)

Water Safety Activity Booklet (PDF) From Seattle Children’s Hospital, this booklet introduces elementary school-age children to water safety concepts through puzzles, connect the dots, word scrambles. (6 pages)

Coloring Sheet (PDF) From Seattle Children’s Hospital, color a duck in a life jacket.

Staying Safe on the Water (CDC)

Staying Safe in the Water (CDC)

This tip card provides tips to consumers and anyone concerned about the increasing number of portable pools and how easily they can sometimes be accessed by small children.

PDF (English)

PDF (Spanish)

This magazine and website is great! It has articles that encourage people, of all ages and background who have a fear of water and don’t know how to swim, to take a chance and learn how to. This gives them a great sense of achievement and confidence while applying safety rules at the pool and other bodies of water. ~ Anna Santana

From The U.S. Coast Guard, everything you need to know about choosing the correct life jacket for your child.

Chlorine, by any other name, is NOT the same December 14, 2013

Common Swimming Pool Questions and Answers November 13, 2010

Pool Maintenance: How to Clean Your Swimming Pool November 14, 2010

Using PFD’s: Helpful or Hurtful When Learning How To Swim? June 25, 2013

YMCA Water Safety Tips Infographic February 13, 2015

Water Safety Magazine focuses on drowning prevention, and being safe in and around water. The mission is to educate, inform, have fun, and save lives.

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