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We seek to promote swimming pool safety, particularly the saftey of young children in a home pool environment.

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POOL SAFETY TIPS

The following articles were downloaded from the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission.

CPSC Doc. #362:  Safety Barrier Guidelines for Home Pools
 
[Link to PDF version] (890k)
 
CPSC Doc. #4359: Prepare for Unexpected: Prevent Child Drownings
 
[Link to HTML versionl
 
CPSC Doc. #5067: Hair Entrapment

CPSC Doc. #5084: Baby Supporting Ring Devices

CPSC Doc. #5097: Always Supervise Children
 

[Link to HTML version]


The following article, based on California Health Services Agency/Environmental Health Department Informational Bulletin No. 97-08, explains the different types of pool covers.


The following issues of the NSW Public Health Bulletin (New South Wales, Australia) are in Adobe Type Manager PDF format and require Adobe Acrobat Reader or similar software:


The British Consumer Safety Unit at the Department of Trade and Industry contracted a pool cover study in 1992.  This Unit is the British equivalent of the U.S. CPSC. Results of the study were published in the following articles:

Norris BJ, Wilson JR, Pridham MS, Dickens PM & Pretty H, 1994, "The design and safety of swimming pool covers." International Journal for Consumer Safety, 1(3), 163-174.
 

Norris BJ, Wilson JR, Pridham MS, Dickens PM & Pretty H, 1992, "A cover story - an evaluation of swimming pool covers." Contemporary Ergonomics 1992, Proceedings of the Ergonomics Society Annual Conference, Aston, 7-10 April 1992, 212-217.

The entire 162-page Final report to the Department of Trade and Industry, Consumer Safety Unit, entitled The Design and Safety of Swimming Pool Covers is available by contacting:

Beverley Norris
Product Safety and Testing Group
Institute for Occupational Ergonomics
Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Operations Management
University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham NG7 2RD
UK

Telephone - 44 (0) 115 9514039
Fax - 44 (0) 115 9514000
Email - beverley.norris@nottingham.ac.uk


Logan, Pamela, MD; Branche, Christine, PhD; Sacks, Jeffrey, MD, MPH; Ryan, George, PhD; and Peddicord, John, MS. "Childhood Drownings and Fencing of Outdoor Pools in the United States, 1994", Pediatrics, Vol. 101 No. 6 June 1998 (electronic edition only) can be ordered from:

American Academy of Pediatrics
141 Northwest Point Blvd.
Elk Grove Village, IL 60009-0927 USA
Phone: (847) 981-7903
Fax: (847) 228-5088

The URL for the article is: http://www/pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/101/6/e3
However, to access that you must be a subscriber to the print journal.


Other Pool Safety Sites

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
The U.S. agency.

U.S. CPSC DOCUMENT MENU (Gopher)         DROWNING DOCUMENTS

U.S. CPSC PUBLICATIONS

REPORT A DANGEROUS PRODUCT TO U.S. CPSC

DROWNING
National SAFEKIDS Campaign

MEDACCESS - PREPARE FOR THE UNEXPECTED: PREVENT CHILD DROWNINGS
HTML version of CPSC Doc #4359, plus related links

KIDSOURCE: ALWAYS SUPERVISE CHILDREN
HTML version of CPSC Doc #5097, plus related links

CHILD SAFETY TIPS: WATER SAFETY

CHILDREN'S SAFETY ZONE

CHILDREN AREN'T WATERPROOF
State of Hawaii Department of Health Injury Prevention & Control Program

DROWNING FACTS AND PREVENTION CHECKLIST

HIGH RISK PROFILE - WATER-RELATED PROFILE

HOME POOL SAFETY FOR KIDS

INFANT SWIMMING RESEARCH, INC.

LIFESAVING RESOURCES

LIFE WITH NANNY: WATER SAFETY TIPS

NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL FACT SHEET LIBRARY

NSC: POOLSIDE TIPS TO PREVENT A DROWNING

POOL BARRIER INC.

PULLIAM POOLS: BE WISE-SUPERVISE!

RED CROSS: HOME POOL SAFETY FOR KIDS

SAFETY TURTLE Alarm System

SWIMMING POOLS - SUMMER FUN, YEAR-ROUND DANGER

WATCH THE WATER - DROWNING PREVENTION
Orange County Fire Authority's water safety page


The following U.K. Site discusses chemical application, usage and safety:
SWIMMING POOL OPERATORS AND OWNERS PAGES

This site covers many pool safety topics, e.g., chemicals, diving:
POOL CENTER'S POOL SAFETY PAGE

This site includes information on teaching infants to swim:
SWIMBABES -- TEACHING INFANTS TO SWIM


General Pool Sites

NSPI -- NATIONAL SPA AND POOL INSTITUTE
The pool industry's trade organization.

MANUFACTURERS' LINKS
Links to many pool and spa manufacturers.

POOLS, ETC. INC.'S LINKS

AQUEOUS SEARCH ENGINE
A search engine and website dedicated to water-related sites

POOL AND SPA BUSINESS DIRECTORY
Search for pool or spa industry members by name or state.

 

REALLY  BIG  ICE  CUBE  CALCULATOR

( also  works  for  POOL  VOLUME )

PRO POOL OPERATORS OF AMERICA

AQUA MAGAZINE

MORE POOL LINKS


General Swimming Sites

AQUATIC RISK MANAGEMENT, INC.
mainly Litigation Support

INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING HALL OF FAME

SWIMNEWS MAGAZINE

U.S.A. SWIMMING


The  Rest  of  the  Known  Universe

FEDERAL LINKS
Links to federal agency locator

FIRSTGOV.GOV
The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal

FEDERAL LAW
Federal court decisions, regulations, codes, etc.

CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS
Searchable list of all federal regulations

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
The 'mother-lode' of medical journal references. 9 MILLION cross-referenced cites to peer-reviewed medical journals world-wide, many including article abstracts.

NATIONAL HEALTH INFORMATION CENTER

NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL

INTERACTIVE U.S. INJURY STATISTICS
Centers for Disease Control's Interactive Statistics and Mapping Systems
of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

ISCAIP
International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention

STANDARDS ORGANIZATIONS

LEGAL RESOURCES ON THE WEB

HOWARD L. NATIONS' LEGAL LINKS
A major list of legal resources by a major plaintiffs' lawfirm.

FEDERATION OF INSURANCE AND CORPORATION COUNSEL
The Federation without Klingons, Vulcans and Romulans!
(But rumor has it there are a lot of Ferengi!)

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