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Pool Safety Tips
From the American Academy of Pediatrics
A swimming pool in the yard can be very dangerous for children. If
possible, do not put a swimming pool in your yard until your
children are older than 5 years. If you already have a pool, protect
your children from drowning by doing the following:
- Never leave your children alone in or near the pool, even for a moment.
- You must put up a fence to separate your house from the pool. Most
young children who drown in pools wander out of the house and fall
into the pool. Install a fence at least 4 feet high around all 4
sides of the pool. This fence will completely separate the pool from
the house and play area of the yard. Use gates that self-close and
self-latch, with latches higher than your children's reach.
- A power safety cover that meets the standards of the American
Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) adds to the protection of
your children but should not be used in place of the fence between
your house and the pool. Even fencing around your pool and using a
power safety cover will not prevent all drownings.
- Keep rescue equipment (such as a shepherd's hook or life preserver)
and a telephone by the pool.
- Do not let your child use air-filled "swimming aids" because they
are not a substitute for approved life vests and can be dangerous.
- Anyone watching young children around a pool should learn CPR and be
able to rescue a child if needed.
- Stay within an arm's length of your child.
- Remove all toys from the pool after use so children aren't tempted
to reach for them.
- After the children are done swimming, secure the pool so they can't
get back into it.
- Remember, teaching your child how to swim DOES NOT mean your child
is safe in water.
Great Places To Swim:
Clifton Park
Barney Road Pool, Grooms & Clifton Center Roads
Country Knolls Pool, Burning Bush Blvd.
Locust Lane Pool, Grooms Road & Clifton Park Center Road
Saratoga
Peerless Pool Complex, Saratoga Spa State Park
Victoria Pool Complex, Saratoga Spa State Park
East, West, and South Recreation Fields, Geyser Park (Kiddie Pools
only)
South Glens Falls
Moreau Lake, Moreau State Park
Lake George
Lake George Million Dollar Beach, Lake George, NY
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