The True Home Inspection Expert: Safety Tips for Your 4th of July Celebration

A few very important,yet simple, steps to ensure safety makes a big difference when it comes to summer fun, especially in and around pools and spas. Incorporating these safety tips into your routine, will enhance your ability to enjoy friends and family this July 4th and throughout the summer.

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POOL SAFETY

Install a fence at least four-feet high around all four sides of the pool. The fence should not have openings or protrusions that a young child could use to get over, under, or through.
Make sure pool gates open out from the pool, self-close and self-latch at a height children can't reach.
Add alarms to all doors and windows that exit to any pool area, including garage doors.
Keep children away from pool openings such as drains and pipes to avoid entrapment.
Ensure pool/spa has compliant drain covers.
Keep rescue equipment (a shepherd's hook - a long pole with a hook on the end - and life preserver) and a portable telephone near the pool.
Be aware that inflatable swimming aids such as "floaties" are not a substitute for approved life vests.
Never leave children alone in or near the pool, even for a moment.
Learn CPR for children and adults;continually update these skills.
Whenever infants or toddlers are in or around water, an adult should be within arms length, providing "touch supervision".
Learn how to swim.(Children may not be developmentally ready for swim lessons until after their fourth birthday. Swim programs for children under 4 should not be seen as a way to decrease the risk of drowning).