Summer Pool Safety

Each year, an estimated 375 children under 5 years old drown in residential swimming pools, usually a pool owned by their family. Here are two products that aid in keeping your pool (and family) safe this summer.

Terrapin Wireless Gate Alarm
The Terrapin Wireless Gate Alarm warns you the instant a child opens the gate to a pool fence without adult assistance - as well as if the pool fence gate fails to latch closed within 11 seconds of an adult entry. A base station located as far as 200 feet away from a pool alarms to warn the supervising adult to come immediately to the pool area.

The Wireless Gate Alarm comes with an adult bypass switch which attaches near the gate latch so that an adult can enter without setting off the alarm. The Safety Turtle Wireless Gate Alarm retails for $100 and can be purchased online at www.safetyturtle.com and through various pool builders and fencing installers.

Safety Turtle
The Safety Turtle Wireless Wristband Alarm, is an ingenious combination of wireless signal-outfitted wristbands and a wireless base station receiver that sounds an alarm the instant a child falls or ventures into water. The base station can be positioned anywhere between 200 and 1500 feet away from the pool (depending on model desired). Safety Turtle retails for $235 and can be purchased online at www.safetyturtle.com or at retail stores.