Staying Safe in Pools & Spas

For millions of Americans, swimming pools and spas are great places for families to spend time together having fun. Yet it’s important to ensure everyone stays safe in and around pools and spas.

To improve pool and spa safety, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) launched Pool Safely: Simple Steps to Save Lives, a national public education campaign to reduce childhood drownings, non-fatal submersion injuries and entrapments.

The campaign is a call-to-action for consumers and industry to adopt additional, proven water safety steps and join a national conversation about pool and spa safety by sharing best practices and other life-saving information.

The Pool Safely campaign carries out the provisions of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool & Spa Safety Act (P&SS Act), federal legislation mandating new requirements for public pools and spas. The P&SSA Act directs CPSC to establish and carry out a public education campaign.

To pool safely means adopting critical water safety steps to assure that a great afternoon at the pool doesn’t turn into a tragic one. Whether at a residential or public pool or spa, everyone can always take additional steps to be safe while having fun.