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Pool Alarms - Making pool safety a priority

July 7th, 2006

Making pool safety a priority
WAFF - We’ve tried to take steps that our kids aren’t going to go in there, we’ve installed a pool alarm.” A pool alarm is just one safety measure the McNa’s hope others take seriously. McNa says he finds himself questioning other families, “Do you have a

Quick thinking saves child from drowning
Texarkana Gazette - Even though they had taken precautions to keep young children away from the pool, including locks on the doors and a pool alarm that detects movement in the water, both Steiner and Plunk said those precautions have been upgraded. For some reason

Smarthome Offers Hot Deals on Summer Fun
KHNL News 8 - In the safety category, Smarthome offers the Safety Turtle Pool Alarm System (3220B/$124.99; wristbands $59.99 ea.), which warns parents when their child falls into the swimming pool. The portable base station must be placed within 100 feet of the

Drowning Deaths Have Parents Looking Into New Infant Swimming
Wave 3 - Her mom, Lee, says they have a pool, a fence and a pool alarm, but nothing gives her piece of mind like ISR. “We have all that stuff, we have all the precautions we can take but, I don’t think there’s anything that beats the security of knowing they

Pool Alarms
KFSN - According to industry’s voluntary standards, the pool alarm has to sound within 20 seconds after an 18-pound mannequin falls into a pool,” said Consumer Reports’ Robert Tiernan. To test, Consumer Reports dropped an 18-pound mannequin into a pool. It

Pool Alarms - Smarthome Offers Hot Deals on Summer Fun

July 6th, 2006

Smarthome Offers Hot Deals on Summer Fun
KHNL News 8 - In the safety category, Smarthome offers the Safety Turtle Pool Alarm System (3220B/$124.99; wristbands $59.99 ea.), which warns parents when their child falls into the swimming pool. The portable base station must be placed within 100 feet of the

Surround Sounds
CRN - It is capable of providing “pretty much everything that takes a battery or needs a wire in a house,” said Galea, from structured writing and networking to pool alarm systems to central vacuum systems. Boca also provides broadband Internet access to its

CBS 11 News Performs Pool Alarm Test
CBS 11 News - (CBS 11 News) DALLAS According to the government, 350 children under 5-years-old drown in pools each year. Twenty-six hundred are treated in hospitals for near drowning. Most of the cases involve residential pools. This summer, to prevent a tragedy

Making pool safety a priority
WAFF - We’ve tried to take steps that our kids aren’t going to go in there, we’ve installed a pool alarm.” A pool alarm is just one safety measure the McNa’s hope others take seriously. McNa says he finds himself questioning other families, “Do you have a

Pool Alarms - Drowning Deaths Have Parents Looking Into New Infant Swimming

July 5th, 2006

Drowning Deaths Have Parents Looking Into New Infant Swimming
Wave 3 - Her mom, Lee, says they have a pool, a fence and a pool alarm, but nothing gives her piece of mind like ISR. “We have all that stuff, we have all the precautions we can take but, I don’t think there’s anything that beats the security of knowing they

Layers of Protection Will Ensure a Safe Summer
Toledo Blade - Wetzel says that these alarms can range from $75 for a door alarm, to more than $300 for the floating-type pool alarm. Responsibilities of pool ownership include ensuring children in the home learn to swim, and that adults know CPR. Swimming lessons

Smarthome Offers Hot Deals on Summer Fun
KHNL News 8 - In the safety category, Smarthome offers the Safety Turtle Pool Alarm System (3220B/$124.99; wristbands $59.99 ea.), which warns parents when their child falls into the swimming pool. The portable base station must be placed within 100 feet of the

Surround Sounds
CRN - It is capable of providing “pretty much everything that takes a battery or needs a wire in a house,” said Galea, from structured writing and networking to pool alarm systems to central vacuum systems. Boca also provides broadband Internet access to its

Pool Alarms - Annie Jennings

July 3rd, 2006

Annie Jennings
PRWeb - Pool Alarms and Safety Fences will prevent more Pool Drownings this summer. A Pool Drowning at a French Holiday Villa last week has given a harsh message to holidaymakers and Pool Owners. The message is simple, if you own a holiday home with a pool

Safe at poolside
Sacramento Bee - Six of those features are: fences, pool covers, alarms on doors leading to pool areas, self-latching doors on gates with direct access to pools, removable mesh fencing and pool alarms that ring when someone falls in the water. A seventh safety device

Mission Viejo family inspires spa-safety bill
Orange County Register - so that if one is blocked, the other will continue to work, greatly reducing the suction power of the clogged one. The new bill would require new and renovated spas and pools to have two safety devices installed. It would also add pool alarms and

Bear drinking from pool alarms homeowner
Daytona Beach News-Journal - On Wednesday night, Patty Underwood dreamt there was a creature at her swimming pool. When she woke up Thursday, she was sure she’d find an alligator sunning itself in her backyard. Wrong. Instead Underwood found a black bear taking a sip of