Simple Safety Steps Series: Ensure all pools and spas have VGB-compliant drain covers and teach your children to stay away from drains
about the differences between a dangerous, non-compliant drain cover and a safer, compliant drain cover. Old, unsafe drain covers are flat and create a strong circulation that can easily trap…
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Swimming pools and spas are great places for family fun. It’s important to ensure everyone follows these simple safety steps to stay safer in and around the water.
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or spa has a VGB-compliant drain installed. Parents and guardians should double check with pool and spa owners and operators that the pool or spa is using anti-entrapment drain covers…
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governments. CPSC expects to award $1 million in grants in Fiscal Year 2015 (which ends on September 30) to reduce deaths and injuries from drowning and drain entrapments in pools…
Read MoreCPSC Encourages State and Local Governments To Apply for Pool Safely Grants To Combat Drownings and Drain Entrapments
local governments. CPSC expects to award $1 million in 1-year grants in Fiscal Year 2016 (which begins October 1, 2015) to reduce deaths and injuries from drowning and drain entrapments…
Read MoreCPSC Offering $1.1 Million in Pool Safely Grants to Help Prevent Drownings and Drain Entrapments; State and Local Governments Encouraged to Apply
governments. CPSC expects to award $1.1 million in two-year grants to assist jurisdictions in reducing deaths and injuries from drowning and drain entrapment incidents in pools and spas. The Pool…
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the risk of drowning and drain entrapment by requiring public pools and spas to install new safety drain covers and through federal grants and education programs to encourage states and…
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spa community and the media. This child safety law has helped reduce the risk of drowning and drain entrapment by requiring public pools and spas to install new safety drain…
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and inspected, and educating parents and communities on the vital importance of supervising children in and near the water. And these grants are critical tools to help us accomplish all…
Read MoreCPSC Announces $2 Million Available in Pool Safely Grants to Help Prevent Drownings and Drain Entrapments for State and Local Governments; Apply Now
CPSC will award up to $2 million dollars in two-year grants to assist jurisdictions in reducing deaths and injuries from drowning and drain entrapment incidents in pools and spas. The…
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