The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has awarded five Pool Safely grants authorized through the Virginia Graeme Baker Act and worth a combined $780,000 to jurisdictions that are committed to preventing pool and spa drownings and drain entrapments. Most notably, the District of Columbia was awarded a $170,250 grant due in part to its adoption of the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (ISPSC).
"These grants are evidence of the ISPSC being a residential equivalent — in terms of safety and compliance levels — of public pools and spas covered by the Virginia Graeme Baker Act," said Code Council Director of PMG Resources Lee Clifton. "It represents a huge step forward for national recognition of the ISPSC as a necessary safety code that saves lives."
Each year more than 275 children under the age of five drown in swimming pools and more than 4,100 children seek medical treatment for pool related accidents — mostly in backyard pools — according to the CPSC. The Code Council has partnered with the CPSC's Pool Safely campaign to promote pool and spa safety. For more information on how to stop these preventable tragedies, click here. Additionally, download a free copy of Cracking the Code to see how the new ISPSC is transforming our nation's backyard pool and spa industry. |
