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POOL SAFETY
Pool Fencing can potentially be the second most ugliest element to be installed around pool areas (the first being pool screen enclosures), but if children use your pool on a regular basis, it's the law. To read the current Florida Residential Pool Safety Codes click here. Your local residential pool code may not require the availability of sign buoys and the like, but fencing is a feature to consider for your residential pool. Other items that might assist in case of an emergency are rescue hooks, whistles or air horns, first aid kit, rescue tubes or resuce cans and emergency blankets.
A safety feature which we find least obtrusive and effective is KATCHAKID. Other newer features consist of alarms for your windows and doors that open to the pool access area and more. Another important safety consideration is that older model pools may need to have their drainage and pumping systems retrofitted to meet current safety codes.
The most aesthetically pleasing safety feature is the waterline tile. Not all municipalities require these, but is a good idea regardless. Not only do they serve as a visual demarcation for swimmers to avoid accidental injury, but they also mask any scum or hard water build-up, provide ease of cleaning, and serve as a horizontal emphasis.
Some may think that too many precautions are unessesary, yet according to Florida Health Department survey of 2006, Florida has the highest drowning death rate in the nation for children under the age of 5. In 2006 there were fifty pool drowning deaths of children age 5 and under, these statistics do not include the possibly thousands of near-drowning incidents. A good idea is to post a list of pool dos and don'ts on the inside of your pool bath door. As with all dangers in life, the best possible preventive measure is education; please teach your children to swim at the earliest age possible.
Despite all the above dire warnings, please never instill an actual fear of water to your children. In this digital age offering ridiculous amounts of computer games and television choices which encourage sedentary lifestyles, pool activity should be a welcome boost for the health of your children and other loved ones.
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