Layers of Protection: Is your pool as safe as it should be?

OUTSIDE THE POOL:

PROPER FENCING RESTRICTS ACCESS:
• Restrict access to the pool and spa by surrounding the area with fencing with a self-closing, self-latching gate closure.
• Utilize self-latching gate latches that are magnetically operated as well as key lockable.
ALARMS ARE ADDITIONAL ALERTS:
• Door alarms on doors leading to the pool and spa area help to alert parents to children entering the pool from the house or building. To be effective, an alarm must be activated 24 hours a day.
• Remote alarms linked to the Safety Vacuum Release System (SVRS) alert attendants and others when the SVRS is activated, indicating that someone in the pool may need help.
EMERGENCY STOP BUTTONS:
• Emergency STOP buttons allow attendants and others in the area to shut down the pump system
immediately and easily in the event of entrapment. 

 
INSIDE THE POOL:

SAFETY VACUUM RELEASE SYSTEMS (SVRSs) SAVE LIVES BY SAVING TIME:
• A properly installed SVRS releases the vacuum in an entrapment condition by shutting down the pump when a rise in vacuum iS sensed – in some cases, reacting to potential entrapment conditions in less than one second.
• Ensure that your SVRS continually monitors power and vacuum, and has backup so that programming is not lost in a power outage.
• Audible alarms linked to the SVRS alert those nearby to a potential entrapment.
• SVRSs should meet or exceed ASME/ANSI A112.19.17 standards, in order to comply with IRC and IBC codes.
ANTI-ENTRAPMENT DRAIN COVERS:
• Minimize potential “Differential Hold Down Forces,” thereby minimizing the potential for a swimmer to be entrapped.
• Anti-entrapment drain covers should meet or exceed ASME/ANSI A112.19.8 2007 and 2007 Federal Pool and Spa Safety Act and have a Certified Safe Flow Rating.
• Many compliant drain covers are easily retrofitted to existing drains.
• Greatly reduce the possibility of mechanical entrapments like hair and jewelry.