Clair Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Premiers jours de vacances et déjà premiers drames.First days of holidays and already first drownings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 "D'autant que, paradoxalement, en générant chez les parents un sentimentde confiance, les systèmes de sécurité induisent également, une baissede vigilance qui peut être fatale."Very true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 Indeed... [:(]When the paying guests arrive in the gite, I always take them to the (above-ground) pool where I demonstrate putting and removing the access ladder whilst explaining their responsibility as far as adult surveillance and pool safety are concerned.The majority of parents tell me they specifically chose a place with an above-ground pool because of their fear of pool accidents. Once the access ladder is removed, it takes a very determined child to climb and fall into the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 I saw that on the news last night too Clair and wanted to mention it on here. You can never be too careful, things happen so quickly. There are also the accidents with children and pets left in hot cars, hoping there will not be any this year.I also received a message last night warning about pools with pets after, while at the vet's, someone had seen a man come in with his nine month old Lhasa Apso wrapped in a towel. He had drowned in their pool the evening before and they hadn't seen a thing. Animals can swim, but please make sure that in your pool there is a way for them to get out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 http://translate.google.fr/translate?prev=hp&hl=fr&js=n&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.europe1.fr%2FInfo%2FActualite-France%2FSociete%2FPiscine-3-conseils-securite-pour-eviter-un-drame%2F%28gid%29%2F232505&sl=fr&tl=en&history_state0=That is horrific, but if the photo on the article is of the pool then that fence behind the child does not comply with the French law! If the fence doesn't comply then it's a cert that the gate doesn't? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted July 12, 2009 Author Share Posted July 12, 2009 [quote user="Jonzjob"]if the photo on the article is of the pool then that fence behind the child does not comply with the French law! [/quote]Looking at the picture properties (right-click, properties), I would say this is a random picture of a "child near a pool", used purely to illustrate the article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 If that is the case Clair then it is a VERY poor choice of photo. People looking at it who don't realise what the regulation is could very well think that what is there is the norm?The pool could have a cover or alarm, but still, in my view, a very bad example and I will bet that I am now the first to 'jump' to that conclusion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted July 16, 2009 Author Share Posted July 16, 2009 Piscines privées : le rappel des consignesPrivate swimming pools: a reminder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patf Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 A hearbreaking story in La Dépêche today:http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2009/07/17/640654-Saussens-Une-fillette-se-noie-dans-la-piscine-de-ses-grands-parents.htmlI still can't get it out of my mind. So glad we don't have a piscine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Yes, that is so sad Pat. Poor family who probably invested in a piscine for all the grandchildren to be happy. The poor pompier who will always remember that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polly Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Well it's no good having a pool fence to normes (or not) unless you shut the gate, and according to the report referred to the gate wasn't properly shutThey might as well have not bothered to put a fence in at allWHEN will people learn to look after toddlers and young kids near water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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