The National Drowning Prevention Alliance has released a free toolkit to share water safety awareness resources through education and social media. The toolkit includes a “5 Layers of Protection” video, brochures, checklists, posters, infographics and other resources to educate about the importance of water safety. It also provides free social media content — social graphics,…
Austin Smith is passionate about the water. The financier from Salt Lake City, Utah, spent his childhood swimming in pools and lakes, and later took up scuba diving. Now he is diving into a very different aspect of the water: the learn-to-swim industry. Smith has big plans to open 21 Big Blue Swim School locations…
Pool service software company Skimmer, has expanded its support for Colin’s Hope, an Austin-based nonprofit that provides water safety awareness, education and resources to prevent childhood drownings. Skimmer will be a key sponsor at Colin’s Hope Graduation Tribute to Prevent Drowning. “At Skimmer, we have a desire and obligation to give back to our communities,” says Skimmer’s…
When it comes to commercial swimming pools, the service tech is one of many layers of protection in and around the pool, says Katie Crysdale, principal of Lakeview Aquatic Consultants, Ltd., in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. While some larger commercial pools have lifeguards during swim times, most are not trained to thoroughly examine potential dangers, and…
A pool fence would have saved Joshua and Christian DeMello. In January 2010, the 13-month-old twins drowned when they escaped from their grandparents’ house and fell into an unsecured pool. There were no alarms or fences. Their mother found them in the pool. “Today, I believe in multiple layers of prevention,” says their father, Paul…
Coral Detection Systems, makers of the Coral Manta 3000 AI drowning detection system, announced on May 20 its partnership with Olympic Gold Medalist skier Bode Miller. The 6-time medalist will become a co-owner and serve as board advisor of the company. The solar-powered Coral Manta 3000 uses advanced AI software and an underwater video camera…
Coral Coral Detection Systems, a manufacturer of pool safety devices, unveiled a drowning detection system for residential swimming pools. The solar-powered Coral Manta 3000 uses artificial intelligence technology, an underwater video camera and an advanced algorithm to analyze the underwater scene to detect risk of drowning 24/7. The product’s development, which started in 2014, has…