Safety agencies regularly produce material to help prevent serious injury or death in and around the home. 

Portable swimming pools

Recent focus of product safety was on the portable pools.  

Portable pools can pose a safety risk, especially for children under the age of five. Even in a small portable pool with very little water, it only takes seconds for a child to drown.

Royal Life Saving and consumer affairs agencies across Australia have developed the Make It Safe campaign to help you  be aware of the dangers and follow some simple safety steps, like active supervision of kids in and around portable pools.  

The Portable swimming pool safety considerations has been developed to help consumer be aware of the dangers and enjoy their pool safely.  It has been translated into Arabic, Greek, Italian, Vietnamese and Traditional Chinese.