With the abundance of swimming pools in the City of Virginia Beach, it is important to educate everyone in water safety. Drowning is the leading cause of death for children under the age of four, and most childhood drownings occur in residential pools. The Department of EMS offers these water safety tips for all parents and pool owners:
- Teach children to swim at an early age.
- NEVER leave a child unsupervised in or near any body of water, even for a second.
- Never leave toys, wagons, or tricycles around the pool.
- Invest in a pool-motion alarm or a pool fence.
- Attend a course in CPR and learn what to do in case of an emergency.
- Have a phone available whenever participating in any type of water activity.
- Fence pools around all four sides with a minimum height of four feet, and use a self-locking gate for the pool enclosure (This is a City of Virginia Beach Building Code requirement for all pool constructions).
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