Letter to Health and Safety Officials on VGB and Entrapment Prevention

A Call to Action: Parents and Children Need to ‘Pool Safely’ in Pools and Spas over the July 4th Holiday

door or pool alarm. Maintain pool and spa covers in good working order. Ensure any pool and spa you use has drain covers that comply with federal standards, and, if…

CPSC Calls for All Children to Learn to Swim in 2014, All Families to Take the Pool Safely Pledge

…swim — for both adults and children — and I am pleased to support the CPSC’s efforts to promote pool safety,” said Katie Ledecky, Olympic gold medalist and World Record…

A Call to Action: Parents and Children Need to Learn to Swim and ‘Pool Safely’ during the July 4th Holiday

first. Keep children away from pool drains, pipes and other openings to avoid entrapments. Ensure any pool and spa you use has drain covers that comply with federal standards, and,…

CPSC Chairman Reminds Families to Follow 10 Simple Steps to Pool Safely During Independence Day Weekend

drown, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Pool Safely is CPSC’s public education and outreach effort to prevent drownings and entrapments in swimming pools and spas. Here…

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…