When it comes to summer fun with family and friends, your backyard pool is a prime place to make lasting memories. However, unless you create and maintain a safe aquatic environment (especially for ...

Pools are the backdrop of our best summer memories, but behind all the splashy fun in the sun is a very real and serious ...

Make sure to always keep an eye on children when at the pool. If you are in a group with multiple children and adults, have a designated adult to watch children or rotate times when each adult ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. You might be ready for a summer of swimming pool games like Marco Polo or simply frolicking and swimming your days away, but ...

With school out for the summer and temperatures rising across the country, many families will visit the beach, lake or local swimming pool. Now is the time to review safety tips to keep children safe ...

HOUSTON – In a recent incident that has alarmed parents, an 8-year-old girl died after she was caught in a pool drain pipe at a hotel pool in northwest Houston, raising concerns about the safety ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - They might be a fun feature for the backyard, but professionals warn that above-ground pools can pose serious risks. Grant Tassin, Sales Manager at Sabine Pools, Spas & ...

Hotel swimming pools can provide a break from a busy vacation, but they can also pose additional dangers. Most hotel pools do not employ lifeguards, so it's up to parents and guardians to watch kids ...

Cohn, of Greenwich, Conn., and Baker, who lives in Maine, have united in their grief and joined forces to fight for tougher pool safety laws and to resist what they say are efforts to weaken them. "It ...