WARNING
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
Read and Follow All Safety Information and
Instructions. Keep for future reference. Failure to
follow these warnings and instructions can result in
serious injury or death to users, especially
WARNING
Prevent Drowning
Children under 5 are at highest risk for drowning.
Closely watch children who are in or near this pool.
WARNING
No Diving
You can break your neck and be
paralyzed!
WARNING
Stay away from drains & suction fittings
If drain or suction outlet cover is missing or broken, your hair, body, and
jewelry can get sucked into drain. You could be held under water & drown!
Do not use pool if drain or suction outlet cover is missing or broken.
Prevent Young Children From Drowning:
Install fencing or approved barrier around all sides of pool.
State or local laws or codes may require fencing or other approved barriers.
Check state or local laws and codes before setting up pool.
Drowning occurs silently and quickly. Assign an adult to supervise pool and
wear provided water watcher tag.
Keep children in your direct sight when they are in or near pool and when you
are filling and emptying pool.
When searching for a missing child, check pool first, even if you think your
child is in the house.
Pool presents a drowning hazard even during filling and draining of the pool.
Maintain constant supervision of children and do not remove any safety
barriers until the pool is completely empty and stowed away.
Refer to the list of barrier recommendations and guidelines as described in
CPSC Publication No.362.
Assign an adult to be responsible for watching children in the pool. Give this
person a "water watcher" tag and ask that they wear it the entire time they are
in charge of supervising children in the pool. If they need to leave for any
reason, ask this person to pass the "water watcher" tag and the supervision
responsibility to another adult.
Locate pumps and filters in such a way that children cannot climb on them to
gain access to pool.
If you have a ladder, refer to the ladder's manual for instructions.
If you have a pump, refer to the pump's manual for instructions.
Prevent Young Children From Gaining Access to Pool:
Remove pool ladders before leaving pool. Toddlers can climb ladder and get
into pool.
Position furniture away from pool so that children cannot climb and gain
access to pool.
When leaving pool, remove floats and toys from pool that might attract a child.
children.
WARNING
Electrocution Risk
Keep all electrical lines, radios,
speakers, and other electrical devices
away from pool. Do not place pool
near or under overhead electrical lines.
Be Prepared to Respond to an Emergency:
Keep a working phone and list of emergency numbers near pool.
Become certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) so you can respond
to an emergency.
Electrocution Risk:
Keep all electrical lines, radios, speakers, and other electrical devices away
from pool.
Do not place pool near or under overhead electrical lines.
Suction Risk:
Replacement pump should never exceed the maximum flow rate marked on
the suction fitting.
For further safety tips check out the following websites:
www.homesafetycouncil.org
http://www.safety-council.org/info/child/water.html
www.safekids.org
www.nspi.org
Safety Barrier Guidelines for Residential Swimming Pool
Section I: Outdoor swimming pool
An outdoor swimming pool, including an inground, aboveground, or onground
pool, hot tub, or spa, should be provided with a barrier which complies with
the following:
1. The top of the barrier should be at least 48 inches above grade measured
on the side of the barrier which faces away from the swimming pool. The
maximum vertical clearance between grade and the bottom of the barrier
should be 4 inches measured on the side of the barrier which faces away
from the swimming pool. Where the top of the pool structure is above
grade, such as an aboveground pool, the barrier may be at ground level,
such as the pool structure, or mounted on top of the pool structure. Where
the barrier is mounted on top of the pool structure, the maximum vertical
clearance between the top of the pool structure and the bottom of the
barrier should be 4 inches.
2. Openings in the barrier should not allow passage of a 4-inch diameter
sphere.
3. Solid barriers, which do not have openings, such as a masonry or stone
wall, should not contain indentations or protrusions except for normal
construction tolerances and tooled masonry joints.
4. Where the barrier is composed of horizontal and vertical members and the
distance between the tops of the horizontal members is less than 45
inches, the horizontal members should be located on the swimming pool
side of the fence. Spacing between vertical members should not exceed
1-3/4 inches in width. Where there are decorative cutouts, spacing within
the cutouts should not exceed 1-3/4 inches in width.
5. Where the barrier is composed of horizontal and vertical members and the
distance between the tops of the horizontal members is 45 inches or
more, spacing between vertical members should not exceed 4 inches.
Where there are decorative cutouts, spacing within the cutouts should not
exceed 1-3/4 inches in width.
6. Maximum mesh size for chain link fences should not exceed 1-3/4 inch
square unless the fence is provided with slats fastened at the top or the
bottom which reduce the openings to no more than 1-3/4 inches.
7. Where the barrier is composed of diagonal members, such as a lattice
fence, the maximum opening formed by the diagonal members should be
no more than 1-3/4 inches.
8. Access gates to the pool should comply with Section I, Paragraphs 1
through 7, and should be equipped to accommodate a locking device.
Pedestrian access gates should open outward, away from the pool, and
should be self-closing and have a self-latching device. Gates other than
pedestrian access gates should have a self-latching device. Where the
release mechanism of the self-latching device is located less than 54
inches from the bottom of the gate, (a) the release mechanism should be
located on the pool side of the gate at least 3 inches below the top of the
gate and (b) the gate and barrier should have no opening greater than 1/2
inch within 18 inches of the release mechanism.
9. Where a wall of a dwelling serves as part of the barrier, one of the
following should apply:
(a) All doors with direct access to the pool through that wall should be
equipped with an alarm which produces an audible warning when the door
and its screen, if present, are opened. The alarm should sound
continuously for a minimum of 30 seconds within 7 seconds after the door
is opened. Alarms should meet the requirements of UL2017
General-Purpose Signaling Devices and Systems, Section 77. The alarm
should have a minimum sound pressure rating of 85 dBA at 10 feet and
the sound of the alarm should be distinctive from other household sounds,
such as smoke alarms, telephones, and door bells. The alarm should
automatically reset under all conditions. The alarm should be equipped
with manual means, such as touchpads or switches, to temporarily
deactivate the alarm for a single opening of the door from either direction.
Such deactivation should last for no more than 15 seconds. The
deactivation touchpads or switches should be located at least 54 inches
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