The Arizona children's crisis awarded families in the entire Southeast Valley, including San Tan Valley, seven pool fences.
In the past four years, the Arizona children's crisis has teamed up with SRP, State Farm, The Independent Pool & Spa Service Association and local firefighters for the safety of the pool fence.
Families who receive free fences include grandparents who act as primary supervisors, single parents and households in which children are in the adoption process.
“Drowning remains the most common cause of the death of children aged 1 to 4 and remains among the five best causes of death for children aged 5 to 9,” continued the press release. “While not a single measure can avert such tragedies on their own, the program is trying to create several layers of defense, the children surely surround.”
Together with San Tan Valley, families in Chander, Apache Junction and Mesa were selected by the non -profit organization for free pool fences.
Child Crisis Arizona's child safety program has these methods to maintain children in the pool this summer:
- A pool fence should be surrounded by all sides of the pool and at least 5 feet big and clinging itself and self -packed.
- Make sure that all furniture is inside the pool fence so that children cannot climb over the fence.
- Make sure that the pool gate is always locked and closed and is not broken.
- Children should not be able to handle the pool fence under or to handle.
- Never allow a child to sit on or next to a drain. Bring it up to your child not to swim or to play near the drain.
- Swimming with a partner. Keep small children and weak swimmers in the reach of an adult. Make sure that older children swim with a partner every time.
- Children can be small enough to fit through a dog door if parents are not aware of themselves. Lock dog doors so that it can make a barrier between child and water.
The Arizona children's crisis offers dozens of inexpensive, online and personal security courses, including the online workshop on virtual water safety available online Childcrissiaz.org.