It takes more than a pool alarm to make a swimming area safe. The commission found that while the pool alarms performed adequately, they re not an acceptable protection against drowning. Figures show that 350 kids under the age of 5 drown each year, and 2,600 are treated in emergency rooms for near-drowning accidents.
Most cases involve residential pools.
Place barriers around your pool and never leave a child of any age alone in or near a pool. Make sure fences and walls are at least four feet high and protect the entire pool. Gates should have latches that are out of children's reach. If doors lead from your house to the pool, install an alarm that will sound when those doors open. Delicate Gem Corporation.