Pool Safety Presentation

1. Facts from the CPSC
Nearly 650 hundred children under 5 years old
drown in swimming pools every year.
Hospital emergency room treatment is required
for more than 3,100 children under 5 years old
who were submerged in residential pools.
US –Consumer Product Safety
Commission

2. Facts from the CPSC
• Drowning is the
number one cause of
accidental death for
children under the
age of 6 in Florida,
California, Arizona
and Oregon

3. Facts from the CPSC
• Individuals in the 5-9
year-old category had
the highest frequency
of entrapment reports

4. However…
• Many adults have died
after getting trapped at
uncovered pool drains
• Several entrapments
are not being reported
to the CSPC

5. Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and
Spa Safety Act
• Law enacted by Congress and signed by
President Bush on December 19, 2007, to
prevent the hidden hazard of drain
entrapments and eviscerations in pools
and spas.
• The law became effective on December
19, 2008.

6. Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and
Spa Safety Act
• Law applies only to Public Pools.
• Why not to residential pools?
80% of the children drownings
occur at residential pools!!

7. Pool Hazards
•Drain Entrapment
•Unsupervised kids drownings
•Slippery surfaces

8. Drain Entrapment
• Single main drain systems and flat drain
grates pose the greater risk at pools
• Chemical degradation of covers and other
parts.

9. Types of Entrapment
• Hair Entrapment

10. • Limb Entrapment

11. • Body Entrapment

12. • Disembowelment
Evisceration

13. Pump suction
force demonstration

14. Our neighbor, 5
year old Miguel
Marin, survived
after being trapped
at an in-ground spa
for about 5 minutes
under water

15. Unfortunately many others have
not been that lucky
14 year old –
British
Boy died at
7 year old Virginia Graeme
Thailand
Baker Secretary of State
Water Park
Bakers' granddaughter

16. Are Kids Out of Sight? They Shouldn’t Be!
• Children must be
supervised and within
your sight AT ALL
TIMES while in the
pool.
• A telephone must be
available in the pool
area to call 911, in
case of any
emergency

17. Entrapments can be prevented
• US Consumer Product Safety Commission
recommend pool owners to have many
layers of protection to prevent drownings

18. Layers of Protection
1. Swimming Classes

19. Layers of Protection
1. 0
2. Education and awareness about entrapment
danger at any public or residential pool

20. Layers of Protection
3. Goggles and Floating Devices

21. Layers of Protection
4. Barriers, fences

22. Layers of Protection
5. Pool Alarms, Window Alarms

23. Layers of Protection
6. Certified Drain Covers

24. Layers of Protection
7. Safety Vacuum Release Systems SVRS

25. A pool evaluation by an expert
Can give you peace of mind

26. Layers of Protection
• Swimming Lessons
• Education and danger awareness
• Goggles and Floating devices
• Pool barriers, fences.
• Pool alarms and Window Alarms
• Certified Drain Covers
• Safety Vacuum Release System