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Tampa Pool Safety Fence Alert: In Home Danger: CPSC Warns of Children Drowning in Bathtubs, Bath Seats and Buckets

9/28/2012

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 27, 2012
Release #12-284 
  CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
More than 400 deaths estimated over a five-year period
 Tampa FL- The danger of drowning for young children is ever present  in and around the home. Drowning is the leading cause of unintentional death  among children ages 1 to 4 years-old and it takes only a few inches of water for  a young child to drown. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)  is  urging parents and caregivers to look for and protect against drowning risks  inside and around their homes.
A new CPSC report on in  home drownings and non-fatal
submersions
(pdf) in products such as bathtubs,  buckets, bath seats, toilets, and landscaping features indicates that from 2006  to 2010, there were 684 incidents involving children younger than  five-years-old. This figure includes 434 fatalities (an average of 87 per year),  233 injuries, and 17 incidents with no known injuries. Eighty-two percent of the victims were younger than the age of two and 81  percent of the incidents involved bathtubs or bath related products. After  pools, bathtubs are the second leading location where young children drown.  CPSC's analysis of the fatalities found that 92 percent of the incidents
  occurred in residential settings. "Too many young children are drowning," said Chairman Inez Tenenbaum. "Just
  as with pools, I urge parents and caregivers to childproof their home and  constantly supervise young children around bathtubs, bath seats and buckets.  Taking extra safety steps at home can help prevent a tragic drowning."

 Of the reported fatalities, 28 percent involved a lapse in supervision, such
  as a parent or caregiver leaving the bathroom while the child was in the
bathtub  to answer the phone or door, or to retrieve a towel; in 23 percent, the
child  was left with another child, usually older; in 10 percent, the child was
found  in a product outside the home, such as decorative yard equipment or a
bucket;  and another 3 percent were found inside the home in a bucket/container
or trash  basket that was being used for cleaning.

 CPSC's drowning prevention safety tips include:
  • Never leave young children alone near any water or tub or basin with fluid.
      Young children can drown in even small amounts of liquid.
  • Always keep a young child within arm's reach in a bathtub. If you must
      leave, take the child with you.
  • Don't leave a baby or young child in a bathtub under the care of another
      child.
  • Never leave a bucket containing even a small amount of liquid unattended.
      Toddlers are top heavy and they can fall headfirst into buckets and drown.
    After  using a bucket, always empty and store it where young children cannot
    reach it.  Don't leave buckets outside where they can collect rainwater.
  • Consider placing locks on toilet seat covers in case a young child wanders
      into the bathroom.
  • Learn CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation). It can be a lifesaver when
      seconds count.
Pool Safety Fences, Pool Safety Nets, and Pool Safety Covers save lives in Tampa Bay! Call for your free in home estimate to protect you child from your pool. Pool Safety starts with you. Pool Guard of Tampa installs Pool Safety fences, Pool safety gates, baby gates, child safety nets, and pool safety covers in Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Pasco counties. Counties

Trust Pool Guard of Tampa Bay www.tampapoolfence.com ampa Pool safety fence and products leader Pool Guard of Tampa earns coveted A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau of West Florida thanks to a perfect record for business ethics.  The rare distinction certifies the company’s total commitment to customer service, selection and safety, and to setting the standard for pool fence companies across all of Tampa Bay, Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties. 

Leading pool safety fencecompany Pool Guard of Tampa Bay (www.tampapoolfence.com), which specializes in
selling and installing a variety of pool fencing safetysolutions, including pool safety fencing, pool safety nets, swimming pool covers, pool alarms and self-closing pool safety gates, announced today that it has earned the coveted
A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau of West Florida. The Better Business Bureau bestowed the elite rating on Pool Guard of Tampa Bay in light of the company’s longstanding unblemished membership, and its perfect record for
business ethics record over the past seven years.  
 

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A Tampa Pool Fence aka Pool Guard of Tampa Bay awarded 2009 Super Service Award...again!

12/24/2009

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Super Service Award

Award reflects company’s consistently high level of customer service

 

A Tampa Pool Fence aka Pool Guard of Tampa Bay has been awarded the prestigious 2009 Angie’s List Super Service Award!

 

The Super Service Award, now celebrating its 11th year, is reserved for companies who have achieved and maintained a superior service rating on Angie's List – the nation’s leading provider of consumer ratings on local service companies – throughout the past year. Fewer than 5 percent of the companies on Angie's List meet the eligibility requirements to be considered for the award.

 

“Our Super Service Award winners are the cream of the crop when it comes to providing the best customer service,” said Angie Hicks, founder of Angie’s List.

 

It is nice to be awarded the Super Service Award from Angie's List for the third year in a row. Pool Guard of Tampa is committed to pool safety and excellent customer service.  In this economy it's easy to cut corners or reduce quality to make ends meet but we decided Pool Safety is too important to not do at 100%. We look forward to serving Tampa Bay for many more years to come. 
 

Angie’s List Super Service Award winners have maintained a total and overall grade of "A;" have received a minimum number of reports; are NOT in the Angie's List "Penalty Box” and do NOT have an unsatisfactory rating with the Better Business Bureau.

Service company ratings are updated daily on Angie’s List, but members can find the 2009 Super Service Award logo next to company names in search results on AngiesList.com.
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How can anyone live without a Pool Safety fence in Tampa

12/4/2009

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This is a reprint from Whoa Momma
How can anyone live without a pool fence? As this story outlines all too well, a curious toddler and a swimming pool are a deadly mix. I have a pet peeve when I see in these stories the advice to keep your eyes on your kids at all times. Well, duh. But at some point you have to sleep or you might have another child who falls and bumps his head or any number of reasons really good parents let the unthinkable happen. What I really wish authorities said in these cases is you have to have a backup system like a safety fence.
I really can't understand living in a house with toddlers and having no safety fence around the pool. I know they are expensive -- from $10 to $18 a foot -- so you are looking at $500 to $1,000.There a number of alarms or systems you can look into as well, but I don't think I could have ever slept a wink in my house without our fence around the edge of the pool that you had to be at least 5 feet tall to open (and a strict rule in our house that it was locked at all times).

Do you really think a person can watch a child like a hawk all the time? That they'll never be distracted or sleeping or going to the bathroom and a child will wander out back? One of my favorite books, "Freakonomics," makes the compelling point that children face a far greater risk of death from pools in the house than they do from having a gun in the house. So an unfenced pool is like having a loaded gun just sitting around unlocked.

I guess I just know myself too well and didn't want my scattered brain to be our only safety net.

-- Sharon Kennedy Wynne
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