Swimming Pool Safety Ever Clear Pool Service, West Palm Beach, FL    Swimming pool safety normally gets a lot of attention when someone drowns. When a drowning occurrs the tragedy gets a couple of days in the newspaper and maybe a mention on the 6 O'clock News. Other than that, pool safety is a topic that gets little air and print coverage. Sadly, reports from the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (May 2004) indicate that 250 children under the age of 5 drown annually in swimming pools. The same report indicates that 1600 immersion injuries were treated in 2002. This site is intented to give swimming pool owners some insight into practical steps they can take to ensure their children (and their relatives and neighbors' children) don't add to these statistics. It is our desire to bring attention to safety hazards you may have overlooked. Your swimming pool should be a memory-making experience for you and your family. Please take the necessary steps towards making it the safest possible environment for your children. Don't expect any product, building code, feature, device or gadget lure you into a false sense of safety regarding your pool. Know that YOU are the first and last line of defense between your pool and your children. There is NO SUBSTITUTE FOR COMPETENT SUPERVISION. That said, know that there are "safety layers" you can put in place to give you the extra time you may need in preventing a drowning in your pool. We'll discuss "layers of safety" on the next few pages. The more layers you have in place, the better protected your children are. Please strive for as many layers as possible. Welcome to our site on Swimming Pool Safety. We run a pool cleaning service in Palm Beach County Florida. Being involved in the pool industry we see first hand the dangers associated with swimming pools. We earn our living in the pool industry and we feel it our duty to do all we can to protect our clients from potential dangers of swimming pools. With the Web allowing a much broader audience than just our own clients, we thought it would be worthwhile to create a site that all pool owners could use to help prevent accidents and drownings. If the site helps just one family and saves the life of even one child, we'll be overjoyed! What you'll find on our site are real-life tips for creating a safe pool environment. We'll introduce you to products and devices that have been developed and proven to increase the safety level of your own pool. Some of these products are inexpensive and some more costly, but all are worth the look to see if they have a place in your own backyard. You'll also be able to print a Safety Checklist to see if your pool needs to be improved. Using Florida Building Code as a benchmark, we use this quiz when inspecting our clients pools. It helps us identify safety areas that could be improved and it will likely help you as well. Feel free to Email us using the links found throughout the site. We'll try to answer any question you have regarding pool safety. Please note that we are not safety experts, nor are we associated with any private, state or federal agency involved in developing or enforcing building codes for swimming pools. The information found on this site represents our views and opinions based on our pool experience, data we've reviewed, safety articles we've read and experience in being parents. In order to get the most current building codes for swimming pools in your area log onto the state website where you live. If you are one of our current clients, or you live in the West Palm Beach Florida area, please call us about performing a safety inspection of your pool. Use us as your "second set of eyes" after performing your own safety inspection. We may catch something you overlooked. Ever Clear Pool Service 561-512-8586