New research has shown some troubling statistics about swimming safety that strata communities should be aware of, especially when making body corporate pool rules.
Commissioned by Swim Australia, the Swim Safer Report shows that fewer Australian kids are being taught how to swim, with research showing that over half (55%) of Australian children do not attend swimming lessons and that 41% of parents had no intention of enrolling their child despite summer being the peak drowning season.
While strata communities aren’t expected to teach kids to backstroke, trends like contact page this are highly relevant for communities in understanding pool safety risks.
In a year where countless learn to swim lessons have likely been cancelled due to social distancing guidelines, and a summer where more people than ever before will be staying home and enjoying the community pool due to travel restrictions, it’s important that your community starts making pool safety guidelines and enforcing swimming safety rules.
Here are a few swimming safety tips that your body corporate can emulate when setting up strata swimming pools COVID rules.
Identifying hazards can be the first step to preventing accidents occurring in or around your pool.
Here are some key dangers to be on the lookout for around your community pool this summer;
Of course, all the vigilance and risk mitigation strategies in the world won’t matter if there’s not sufficient education in the community about pool safety.
What does proper adult supervision look like? Do people in the pool area get reminders about CPR practices and wearing of life jackets??
Here are our best swimming safety tips to help educate your communities about pool safety:
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