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• When the House Wall Forms meet the requirements of UL doors which give ready access Part of the Pool Barrier: 20/7 General-Purpose to a swimming pool. In many homes,doors Signaling Devices and open directly onto the pool Systems, Section 77. Indoor Pools: area or onto a patio which The alarm should be loud: When a pool is located leads to the pool, at least 85 dBA(decibels) completely within a house, the when measured 10 feet away walls that surround the pool from the alarm mechanism. should be equipped to serve as The alarm sound should be pool safety barriers. Measures \� \ distinct from other sounds in recommended above where a the house, such as the tele- house wall serves as part of a phone, doorbell and smoke safety barrier also apply for all alarm.The alarm should have the walls surrounding an an automatic reset feature. indoor pool. Because adults will want 54" to pass through house doors in the pool barrier without setting off the alarm,the alarm should r have a switch that allows adults to temporarily deacti- vate the alarm for up to 15 a Oil seconds.The deactivation U In such cases,the wallof switch could be a touchpad the house is an important par[ (keypad)or a manual switch, i of the pool barrier,and pas- and should be located at least sage through any doors in the 54 inches above the threshold s _ house wall should be con- of the door covered by the trolled by security measures. alarm.This height was select- .. The importance of controlling ed based on the reaching abili- a young child's movement ty of young children. from house to pool is demon- Power safety covers can strated by the statistics be installed on pools to serve obtained during CPSC's study as security barriers. Power of pool incidents in California, safety covers should conform Arizona and Florida: almost to the specifications in ASTM half(46 percent)of the chil- F 1346-91. This standard spec- dren who became victims of ifies safety performance pool accidents were last seen requirements for pool covers in the house just before they to protect young children from were found in the pool. drowning. All doors which give If you wish further infor- access to a swimming pool mation on this standard,con- should be equipped with an tact ASTM, Inc., Philadelphia, audible alarm which sounds Pa. (formerly the American when the door and/or screen Society for Testing& are opened.The alarm should Materials),directly. sound for 30 seconds or more Self-closing doors with �ithin 7 seconds after the self-latching devices could door is opened.Alarms should also be used to safeguard 5