Inflatable pools come with responsibilities too.

Aound 80,000 of them are sold each year in New Zealand adding to the increased risk for our one to three year olds, who are the most likely age to drown in home pools.

Please refer to the pages on Pool Safety Standards, Pool Fencing and Layers of Protection for further details on your responsibilities.

Here are a few simple guidelines you can follow:

• Inflatable pools must be isolated. Contact your local council for requirements
• Empty paddling and smaller inflatable pools after use and turn them upside down
• Remove all toys from the pool and fenced area after use - this reduces the temptation for children to enter the pool/area
• Utilise secondary layers of protection, such as pool/door alarms  
• No matter how good your fencing / layers of protection are, there is no substitute for adequate supervision

Portable fencing options are available. Action Fences makes compliant flexible, temporary fencing that is made to order, quick to install and relatively inexpensive ($10 from every fence is donated to Starship Hospital) and compliant with NZ Standard 8500:2006. Contact Action Fences: 0508 2 FENCE, craig@actionframes.co.nz, http://www.actionframes.co.nz