Keeping watch around the pool can save a life. Here are our top tips to staying safe this swimming season.

1. Staying
SafeatthePool
KeepWatch

2. Pools can be a great way to have fun and cool down in
summer, however swimming pools are the leading location
for drowning deaths in children aged between 0-4
(Royal Life Saving National Drowning Report 2017).
It is important that we supervise and teach our kids how to
swim and stay safe around water.
Here are some tips to keeping safe around pools.

3. Stay close
Always be within arm’s reach
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4. All of your
attention
Don’t multitask when supervising
children in the water - it only takes
seconds to drown. Focus on your
child, get in the pool and talk and
play with them.
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5. All of the time
Never leave your child alone
around water or allow another child
to watch them.
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6. Be prepared
Dress ready to enter the water.
Have everything ready such as
towels and dry clothes.
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7. Learn Life
Saving skills
Learn CPR and resuscitation
techniques or do a refresher course
to keep these skills current.
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8. AND Stay
SafeatthePool
KeepWatch
Milne Bay and Highfields Aquatic
and Fitness regularly hold classes for
learn to swim, swim and survive and
water safety awareness. For more
information on our programs visit
www.tr.qld.gov.au/pools