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POOLSAFETYTIPS
Thank you for purchasing a Pool Cover Specialists
®
Automatic Safety Swimming Pool Cover.
We make every effort to provide you with the safest products available,
and also stress the following preventative safety tips:
A swimming pool can provide your family and friends with an oasis
of
tranquility, hours of entertainment and healthy recreation. To maintain
that
tranquility be aware that as a pool owner you must ensure the safety of
your pool
area. There is a risk of a child drowning whenever children are around any body
of water.
There is no substitute for constant adult supervision when children are
around a pool. Most drownings occur with a lapse in supervision of five
minutes
or less. By providing layers of protection between children and the
pool, you can
avoid a tragic accident when you are not there.
Supervision
Never swim alone.
Practice “Active Supervision” when young children are in and around the pool;
keep them within arm’s reach and maintain eye contact. Always supervise
children of all ages.
Don’t consider a child “water-safe” just because they have had swimming
lessons.
Never leave a child alone in or around the water.
Keep toys away from the pool when not in use; they can lure a child into the pool
and pool area.
Use inflatable toys only under adult supervision; they may deflate or your child
may slip off into the pool.
Post and enforce pool rules such as No Running, No Pushing, No Dunking and
Never Swim Alone.
Instruct babysitters, caregivers and neighbors of pool area hazards to young
children in and around swimming pools and the need for constant supervision.
Alert your pool maintenance personnel, utility personnel, and your neighbors to
keep pool covers, gates and doors to pool closed and locked at all times.
Never use a pool with its pool cover partially in place; bathers may become
trapped under the pool cover.
Consider having responsible persons take turns and be the “Lifeguard on Duty”
during gatherings around the pool or pool party. During their turn they place 100
percent attention on watching the pool.
Beware of free-floating pool covers; a child can slip beneath unnoticed.
