so I'm tired as all get out of the kids in the outdoor pool getting in the lap lanes:frustrated: But that isn't my gripe. Decided that I would go back to the indoor pool today. Our indoor pool has a fairly high-A line type of roof. When I walk into the pool area one of the guards has an electric fan hooked up by an extension cord on the deck (not exactly in water, but water around/close to it) pointing up at him in the guard chair. I question him about the safety of that and his reply was that he was hot. I'm sure it is a lot hotter up in the chair than on the deck, but..... I went to the pool office and looked for the aquatics manager and she was at the other pool. I went up front to find some other management and according to everyone I talked to, no one was in their office. I decided not to swim today. For those of you who are familiar with pool safety, do you think I was over reacting?
Lainey
I'd feel the same way, and also upset that no one was around to respond to your concerns. That's not right.
You might try e-mailing the management and
(a) telling them that the lack of some kind of built in fan/ventilation is going to tempt lifeguards to use whatever means they can to cool off, and that therefore
(b) you strongly, for safety reasons recommend that they improve ventilation at the pool, but meanwhile that
(c) they do NOT allow use of fans on the pool deck... and in this section, mention that you'd hate to see someone get hurt or even killed and throw in the word "liability."
I bet once they get to item C, the fan will be out of there in a flash.
I'd feel the same way, and also upset that no one was around to respond to your concerns. That's not right.
You might try e-mailing the management and
(a) telling them that the lack of some kind of built in fan/ventilation is going to tempt lifeguards to use whatever means they can to cool off, and that therefore
(b) you strongly, for safety reasons recommend that they improve ventilation at the pool, but meanwhile that
(c) they do NOT allow use of fans on the pool deck... and in this section, mention that you'd hate to see someone get hurt or even killed and throw in the word "liability."
I bet once they get to item C, the fan will be out of there in a flash.
