ALBANY -- State officials are requiring alarms in new commercial and residential swimming pools in an effort to reduce child drownings.
The emergency regulations published Wednesday by New York's Department of State were adopted this month by the State Fire Prevention and Building Code Council. They followed legislation and apply to pools built or substantially modified after Dec. 14, 2006.
The surface or subsurface alarms sound when sensors are activated by waves or wave-induced pressure. The estimated cost of one alarm, sufficient for most pools, is $150 to $200.
The National Center for Injury and Control says 26 infants and children under 14 drowned in New York in 2002. Others were treated at hospitals after nearly drowning.
The surface or subsurface alarms sound when sensors are activated by waves or wave-induced pressure. The estimated cost of one alarm, sufficient for most pools, is $150 to $200.
The National Center for Injury and Control says 26 infants and children under 14 drowned in New York in 2002. Others were treated at hospitals after nearly drowning.
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cm wrote on Jul 3, 2008 12:39 PM:
For your own home insurance/being sued its best if a pool owner take responsibility to be as preventative as they can be-if all were we wouldnt need laws to force them!
My pool alarm has a sensitivity switch similar to a car alarm-I can adjust it to not going off when it rains yet still be useful.
I only have it on when toddlers are around, the other times I use door locks/alarms plus have 3 barking dogs that let me know when anyone, critter or human approaches my property-the neighbors property-the neighbors 3 doors down property!!!
Good thing we all have dogs or we'd be pretty upset with the noise! "
ElbridgeFool wrote on Jul 3, 2008 10:38 AM:
citizensucks wrote on Jul 3, 2008 9:40 AM: