PoolZone Solutions:
- Defining the 'immediate pool area' for pool compliance:
- Are some pool owners being denied preferred pool-safety solutions in the compliance process?
- The short answer is a resounding YES!
- The aim of pool-safety compliance law is the prevention of small children gaining unsupervised access to the home pool when the pool is not in use...
- A Declaratory Judgement in 2004 determined that the home pool owner had the responsibility to specify what activities were proposed in and around the pool.
- These activities could include (although not necessarily every time the pool was used) the following approved activities:
- A BBQ and grill food and entertainment area
- Formal seating for family or entertainment
- Informal seating areas
- Sun loungers and sun bathing areas
- Ornamental garden and pool side features such as a spa, waterfall or similar
- The judgment determined, keeping adults involved within the pool area, actively encouraged them to supervise their children thereby, reducing the likely hood of child drownings
- It is the responsibility of the home pool owner to determine in the consent application, how they will use the pool and supervise children and/or, adult pool users
- To assist, Swish have uploaded a PDF library of PoolZone elements (Poolzone2 below)
- Register through the contact page, advising either Microsoft or Apple, is required...
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