CPSC and Walmart Announce Pool Safely Partnership To Help Families Be Safer In and Around Pools and Spas

Pool and Spa Safety Act, works with partners around the country to reduce fatal child drownings, non-fatal drownings and entrapment incidents in swimming pools and spas. Parents, caregivers and the…

The ZAC Foundation

Being At the Bottom of This List Is a Good Thing

drowning incidents between Memorial Day and Labor Day include: Texas (28), California and Florida (14), Arizona (12), and Alabama and North Carolina (10). Overall, there were at least 205 fatal…

Partner Spotlight: Interview with Connie Harvey, Director, Aquatics Centennial Initiatives, American Red Cross

and adults to swim and be safe in and around water. Participants are families who might not otherwise be able to participate in swim lessons or other water safety and…

Five Questions with Ellyn J. Pollack, Pool Safely Campaign Leader

…for children younger than 15 in pools and spas and NO drownings from a drain entrapment in a public pool or spa since the Pool Safely campaign launched. I believe…

January Newsletter

and a pleasure to work with each and every one of you to reduce and eliminate child drowning. Your work is so important, and I will continue to cheer from…

Simple Safety Steps Series: Take the Pledge

all permanent pools have a proper fence and gate and anti-entrapment drain covers. Kids Pool Safely in 2016 and beyond. Never Swim Alone. Ask their parents to sign them up…

Partner Spotlight: Interview with Adam Katchmarchi, President, National Drowning Prevention Alliance

formed in 2004, with the goal of creating increased collaboration, awareness, and education to reduce drowning and aquatic injury in the United States. The NDPA works with our members, partners,…

Pool Safely and Michael Phelps Foundation Announce Partnership to Help Families Stay Safer In and Around Pools and Spas

prevent fatal and nonfatal child drownings and drain entrapments in pools and spas. Pool Safely is CPSC’s public education and outreach effort to prevent drownings and entrapments in swimming pools…

Happy Birthday to the Pool Safely Blog!

…drowning and entrapment data; Creating a series on the simple safety steps around pools and spas; and Offering a behind-the-scenes look at some of the year’s biggest events, including Pool…