November / December Newsletter
Department of Health in Lake County, a Pool Safely grant recipient, promoted Pool Safely with banners hung at the National Training Center in Clermont, Fla., next to the pool (above…
Read MorePool Safely Hits the Road for the 2016 World’s Largest Swimming Lesson
CPSC Pool Safely campaign, talks with WLSL participants and parents about the Pool Safely Pledge and how to stay safer in and around the water this summer. To learn more…
Read MoreLatest Pool Safely Statistics: At Least 150 Children Fatally Drowned in Pools and Spas this Summer
…about safer drain covers. To learn more about Pool Safely, or to take the Pool Safely Pledge, please visit: www.poolsafely.gov *Dates are defined as Saturday, May 25, 2019 through Monday,…
Read MoreWorking Together to Pool Safely Amid COVID-19
new activity worksheets for kids, the Pool Safely app, and the Pool Safely song. If you do plan to visit a public pool this summer, be sure to also review…
Read MoreSimple Safety Steps Series: Install proper barriers, covers and alarms on and around your residential pool and spa
…our partners on this topic. Pool Safely video on fencing Pool Safely video on pool and spa covers Pool Safely video on alarms NDPA: Layers of Protection Around Aquatic Environments…
Read MorePool Safely Joins ZAC Camp for a Day of Water Safety at Joint Base Andrews
Acting Chairman Buerkle after signing the Pool Safely Pledge. “I was pleased to join The ZAC Foundation to kick off its ZAC Camp with the JBA Youth Program,” said Acting…
Read MoreCPSC and Walmart Announce Pool Safely Partnership To Help Families Be Safer In and Around Pools and Spas
drownings and drain entrapments in pools and spas. ### About Pool Safely Pool Safely, a national public education campaign supporting the requirements of Section 1407 of the Virginia Graeme Baker…
Read MoreTeachers: Use these fun water safety resources to teach students to Pool Safely
next time they are at the pool. Pool Safely song Sing the Pool Safely song with your class! The song, by children’s performer Laurie Berkner, reinforces four simple steps students…
Read MoreInterview with Pool Safely songwriter and performer Laurie Berkner
teaches the four simple steps to Pool Safely. What was the process like shooting the video for the Pool Safely song? Shooting the video for Pool Safely was a real…
Read MoreCPSC Calls for All Children to Learn to Swim in 2014, All Families to Take the Pool Safely Pledge
…in-ground pools; 17 percent of pool fatalities occurred in above-ground pools, and nearly 10 percent (35) of reported pool fatalities occurred in portable pools. CPSC can once again report that…
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