IS YOUR POOL SAFE??

ARE YOU POOL GRATES VGB COMPLIANT??

• PROTECT YOURSELF, YOUR CHILDREN YOUR GRANDCHILDREN

• CONGRESS RECENTLY PASSED THE VIRGINIA GRAEME BAKER POOL AND SPA SAFETY ACT.  THIS ACT REQUIRES ALL COMMERCIAL SWIMMING POOLS TO INSTALL ANTI ENTRAPMENT MAIN DRAIN COVERS/GRATES

• UNFORTUNATELY THIS ACT DID NOT GO FAR ENOUGH, AND REQUIRE SINGLE FAMILY HOMEOWNERS TO COMPLY. AS A RESULT YOUR POOL COULD BE A DEATH TRAP.

• IT’S EASY, INEXPENSIVE AND CAN SAVE LIVES

• ON JULY 9, THE SUN SENTINEL REPORTED “POOL DRAINS CAN POSE SERIOUS HAZARD(S)”.  A BROWARD CHILD NEARLY DROWNED AS HE WAS TRAPPED UNDERWATER AS HIS ARM WAS STUCK IN THE HOT TUB DRAIN IN HIS FAMILYS BACKYARD POOL.

• FURTHERMORE, BOTH NBC AND CBS NEWS HAS RUN EXPOSES DISCUSSING THE DANGERS OF POOLS NOT IN COMPLIANCE

• OLDER-STYLE DRAIN COVERS ARE TYPICALLY FLAT AND SIT FLUSH AGAINST THE BOTTOM OF A POOL.  BY CONTRAST, COVERS THAT MEET THE NEW STANDARDS ARE DOMED, WHICH LIMITS THE SURFACE AREA THAT COMES INTO DIRECT CONTACT WITH A SWIMMER'S BODY. THEY ALSO HAVE SMALLER OPENINGS TO PREVENT FINGERS AND HAIR FROM GETTING TRAPPED, AND THEY LIMIT THE RATE AT WHICH WATER FLOWS INTO THE DRAIN TO PREVENT ENTRAPMENT BY SUCTION

• BETWEEN 1999 AND 2007, THERE WERE 74 REPORTS OF ENTRAPMENTS IN POOL DRAINS, CAUSING 9 DEATHS AND 63 INJURIES, ACCORDING TO THE CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION.

• NOW THAT THERE IS A NEW LAW, THERE IS NO DOUBT IT WILL PREVENT LOSS OF LIFE AND PREVENT INJURY. BUT THE LAW ONLY APPLIES TO COMMERCIAL AND SEMI COMMERCIAL POOLS LIKE HOTELS AND SWIM CLUBS. JUST BECAUSE THERE IS NO REGULATION REGARDING BACKYARD OR RESIDENTIAL POOLS YET, THAT DOESN’T MEAN, YOU THE HOMEOWNER, SHOULD NOT TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT ENTRAPMENT.

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