The Pool & Hot Tub Alliance Technical Advisory Committee has authorized the formation of a task force on above-ground swimming pool ladder safety following recent action by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, which granted Petition CP 25-2 regarding child-resistant pool ladders.
Drowning is a tragic event no pool pro wants to think about. Yet 11 people die by unintentional drowning every day.
The Pool & Hot Tub Alliance is inviting public review and comments on revisions to the ANSI/APSP/ICC-5 2011 American National Standard for Residential Inground Swimming Pools.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s Pool Safely campaign and the Michael Phelps Foundation honored the 10th anniversary of the Michael Phelps Foundation and the 10 years since the passage of the Virginia Graeme Baker (VGB) Pool & Spa Safety Act with an event promoting water safety. “The progress our Foundation has made over the…