70% of drownings among young children happen during non-swim times. Since you can’t always keep your eyes on the water, physical barriers can help restrict access and alarms can alert you.

Fencing is one way to put a barrier between your child and the pool. According to the CDC, having a pool fence reduces the risk of drowning up to 80%.

Gates in residential and public pool and spa areas should be self-closing and self-latching to accommodate locking devices.

All house doors providing direct access from the home to the pool should be equipped with self-closing, self-latching devices with a release mechanism placed no lower than 54” above the floor. 

Barriers are a vital layer of protection that helps prevent children and unauthorized adults from accessing water unsupervised.

To learn more about barriers as a layer of protection, visit
https://ndpa.org/barriers/.

Contact Heritage Fence to discuss installing a pool fence for your property and protection.