How to Assess the Safety of a Swimming Pool

Swimming pools are great fun, but can also be dangerous if the proper safety precautions are not followed. Pools can be especially dangerous for children who cannot swim or cannot swim very well. If you would like to learn how to keep your swimming pool and swimming pool area safe for kids, you can learn from one of our experts.

In this free swimming pool safety video, learn how to childproof your swimming pool area to keep it safe for your children. Expert Alisha Folkman will give you swimming pool safety tips and guidelines such as how to assess the safety of your swimming pool area, why having a fence around your pool is important, what is a safe temperature for a hot tub, how to keep swimming pool toys safe for kids, and how to make sure that kids can escape a swimming pool.

"Hi my name is Alisha with Expert Village and today we are going to talk about how to child proof your pool. Alright so the first thing you want to do for pool safety is access the surroundings. One thing you want to keep in mind is the fence that is so important for children to have. You also want to keep the area nice and clean around the surroundings. You don't want to leave toys by the pool or even in the water for a child to reach in and try to grab it and end up falling. Another good thing to do is keep potted plants away from pool edges. If a child is trying to get out of the pool they may end up trying to pull on the potted plant which then fall on their head and they would not get out of the pool. So today we are just going to talk about pool safety. Installing a pool fence and other ways to have the summer months around the pool. Alright one of the first great way to fence is protecting your child from the pool is having all doors of your house locked. It is quick and easy and a easy habit to get yourself into. Another great thing to have installed in your house is to have a magnetic stripped installed. Most of these come with home security systems, buy, you can also buy one such attached to the side of the door. What happens is when the doors open you hear a chime; well it sounds like some kid just got out of the house you better go and check and see what is going on."