Pool Safety Campaign

Campaign focuses on Pool Safety

Freddo Frog, one of Australia's most famous  children’s characters,  has released  a   Look  Before You  Leap  Child Accident Prevention program on the internet.  

Mr Ron Smith, Managing Director - The Green Web said, "community awareness of the  need for care to be taken at public swimming pools  where hundreds of thousands of people, many of them very  young  are swimming  or  playing, is vital."

"Pool Rules and the need for them to be followed  are the  key to maximising  the safe use of public and private facilities."

"Children can get  excited and where you have water and slippery surfaces  it is vital to walk  carefully.  Parents should also realise that young  children need extremely tight supervision in public areas where there is water and a lot of people."

All councils played a major role in providing recreation facilities such as swimming pools  for public use and the fact that hundreds of thousands of people used these facilities  meant  there needed to be constant  promotion  and awareness  of safety.

"Councils  have maximised the safety  around their pools  with good design, non slip surfaces and  increased signage,  however,  in the end it is up to all people using the pools to be responsible for their  own safety and that of others.

Mr Smith urged parents to conduct a  water safety audit  of their gardens or farm.

"Children can drown in as little as 5cm  of  water  and  apart from having private pools correctly fenced and with self closing gates, parents needed  to always empty wading pools after use, ensure backyard ponds are covered to protect young children  and empty out  water from buckets."

Mr Smith said,  “water safety on farms  where environmental hazards  such as creeks and dams exist  require people to have a fenced off area for young children to play  as part of a water safety strategy."

Media Enquiries:
Ron Smith - email: greenweb@greenweb.com.au
greenweb.com.au
(03) 98185700