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03-24-2009, 11:00 AM #1
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New Pool Safety Mandate in Effect - Cooperator
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New Pool Safety Mandate in Effect
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Drowning is the number-two killer of children under the age of 14 in the United States. In the last 20 years, there have been almost 150 incidents of entrapment—someone getting stuck in the suction of a pool or hot tub drain—resulting in 36 deaths. ...
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08-24-2009, 12:44 PM #2
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Re: New Pool Safety Mandate in Effect - Cooperator
Still happening - today they had to break out the concert around the drain to free a 3 year old girl:
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08-28-2009, 01:42 PM #3
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I believe pool safety is a really important point that has to be taken care of. I would surely go through these websites to check out what information they have to offer.
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09-14-2009, 03:35 PM #4
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Re: New Pool Safety Mandate in Effect - Cooperator
These drains are not currently required on residential pools but I put a comment on each pool inspection that informs the customer of the potential problem and recommends that they consider equipping their pools with one of these covers.
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