• Never leave your children alone in or near the pool, even for a moment.

• Doors leading to the pool should be kept locked and alarmed if possible.

• We recommend that you put up a safety 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 surrounding your entire pool. This fence will completely separate the pool from the house and play area of the garden. Use gates that are self-closing and self-latching, with latches higher than your childrens' reach.

• A pool safety cover adds to the protection of your children but should not be used in place of the fence between your house and the pool.

• You must assume that a child will try to beat your pool safety system. If you don't think this is true, YOU ARE WRONG!
  The reasons for this are very simple to understand:



1. A child does not always know right from wrong.
2. All children are attracted to the water/pool.
3. A child does not know or understand fear.
4. You can't trust a child's judgement.

• If a child can't be found, immediately, CHECK THE POOL FIRST. Time is critical!

• Keep rescue equipment (such as a shepherd's hook or life ring) and a telephone by the pool.

• Do not let your child use air-filled "swimming aids" when unsupervised, as they are not a substitute for approved life vests and may be dangerous.

• Never consider children to be 'water-safe' because they've had swimming lessons. There are no 'water-safe' children.

• No one should ever swim alone. Teach your children this.

• Never dive into the shallow end. Since children learn by example, parents should follow these pool safety tips too.

• Anyone watching young children around a pool should learn CPR and be able to rescue a child, if needed - CPR skills can make a difference in someone's life. Stay within an arm's length of your child.

• When having a party, designate a child watcher for pool safety. Adults become preoccupied when socializing and often assume someone else is watching the kids.

• All toys should be removed from the pool after use. Toys, in or around the pool, are a temptation to children. After the children are done swimming, lock the pool gate so they can't get back in to the pool area.

• All electrical equipment, including radios and CD players should be kept away from the pool area.

• No drugs or alcohol when you plan to use the pool.

• Stay out of the pool during thunder and lightning storms.
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Remember, teaching your child how to swim
DOES NOT MEAN that your child is safe in water.

Use common sense, and pool fencing, to protect children and babies

With kids in the home and a swimming pool in the garden, supervision is the No. 1 way to keep your children safe from injury or drowning. But supervision, by itself, is not nearly enough to ensure pool safety.

According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, of all the swimming pool accidents involving small children, 77% of the victims had been seen by a parent/guardian within the past five minutes. Almost 80% of swimming pool accidents occurred when both parents were at home and watching the child!

Experts at the National Spa & Pool Institute, the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the American Academy of Pediatrics agree that pool safety barriers are always necessary.  The fence should be a minimum of 4 feet high with a self-closing, self-latching pool gate . All Guardian pool safety fence systems meet these standards.