Families Get Free Pool Fence From Life Saver and NDPA
The National Drowning Prevention Alliance has partnered with Life Saver Pool Fence to donate free pool safety fences to certain families with backyard swimming pools
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., June 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A pool safety fence can mean the difference between a healthy and happy child and a horrible tragedy. Child safety experts agree that one of the best ways to protect toddlers from drowning is to isolate the swimming pool from the house with a pool fence. But many families don't realize drowning is swift and silent, or that an unsecured backyard swimming pool is a frequent site for horrific tragedy.
That's why the National Drowning Prevention Alliance (NDPA) teamed up with Life Saver Pool Fence Systems, Inc. (Life Saver) during National Water Safety Month to promote the Save a Life Program. The initiative will provide free pool fences to families whose child suffered a non-fatal submersion injury or to families who lost a child to drowning, but have another young child living in the home. Through the program, Life Saver will donate free pool fencing and installation each time a system is sold. The NDPA will help find and select appropriate recipients, while simultaneously promoting pool safety education.
"This is an ambitious program in which the NDPA and Life Saver hope to donate several pool fences each month," says Eric Lupton, president of Life Saver Systems, a manufacturer of mesh pool safety fencing. "Backyard swimming pools are taking young lives at an alarming rate. We need to think of pools the same way we think of other dangers. If you wouldn't own a car without seat belts, you shouldn't own a pool without a pool fence." He adds that while getting fences around backyard pools is the program's primary goal, increasing public awareness about the importance of all pool safety steps is equally important.
"Drowning is preventable if you identify the risk and take steps to minimize it," says Kim Burgess, National Drowning Prevention Alliance executive director. "That's why we promote the Safer 3 message."
Life Saver Pool Fence Systems, Inc. is a Campaign Safety Leader with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's Pool Safely campaign.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that fatal drowning remains the second-leading cause of unintentional injury-related death for children ages 1 to 14. Children ages 1 to 4 have the highest drowning rates. For every child who dies from drowning, it's estimated that another four receive emergency department care for nonfatal submersion injuries. More than half of submersion-injured children require higher levels of care; many sustain permanent, profound brain damage.
For more information visit http://www.poolfence.com and http://www.ndpa.org.
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SOURCE Life Saver Pool Fence Systems, Inc.
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