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
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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.....
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Not to side with the guards, or this particular one as it wasn't a smart move, but having been a pool supervisor throughout all my college years, and to attack the root cause of the problem...... you may want to express your concern for the guard's well being :rolleyes: and management's control over this so that their staff can concentrate and continue to do "a good job" (being overly diplomatic in this case). It's the manager's responsibility and they first need to train ALL the aquatic staff on electrical safety esp around water (as I've seen this with the water aerobics instructors plugging in boom boxes on the pool deck next to puddles of water!) , and then they may need to rotate the guard off stand if even for a few minutes to get into the pool or go get some water. (although if the kid had time to get down and go get a fan plugged in....) Who knows, maybe their supervisor has allowed and/or suggested this as a possible solution to the guard for being too warm on the deck.....
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.....
.
Not to side with the guards, or this particular one as it wasn't a smart move, but having been a pool supervisor throughout all my college years, and to attack the root cause of the problem...... you may want to express your concern for the guard's well being :rolleyes: and management's control over this so that their staff can concentrate and continue to do "a good job" (being overly diplomatic in this case). It's the manager's responsibility and they first need to train ALL the aquatic staff on electrical safety esp around water (as I've seen this with the water aerobics instructors plugging in boom boxes on the pool deck next to puddles of water!) , and then they may need to rotate the guard off stand if even for a few minutes to get into the pool or go get some water. (although if the kid had time to get down and go get a fan plugged in....) Who knows, maybe their supervisor has allowed and/or suggested this as a possible solution to the guard for being too warm on the deck.....
