Venues and facilities
Program Objectives
- Prevent drowning deaths and drowning related injuries at public swimming pools
- Promote active parental supervision
- Assist aquatic staff to promote safe supervision practices
- Provide a safe aquatic venue for the community
Key Principles
- Children under 5 years must be constantly supervised and remain within arms reach
- Children under 10 years must be accompanied into the facility and constantly supervised by a parent/ guardian
- Children requiring a floatation device must be constantly supervised and remain within arms reach
- Unsupervised children (of any age) will be removed from the water if the lifeguard is concerned for their safety
- Children will be required to wear a coloured wristband denoting the applicable regulations