Safety issues in the pool industry have changed dramatically in the last decade. The methods and codes to which new swimming pools are built both residentially and commercially have changed to incorporate safer policies.

Two new types of safety products have been created dealing with the issue of entrapment. The first is an anti-hair/snare main drain cover. This looks similar to your standard main drain cover except that it is designed to minimize body entrapment and meant to prevent hair and extremity entrapment. To learn more visit their website at http://www.antihairsnare.com/.

The other new product is an emergency vacuum shutoff. What this device will do is if a bather were to get entrapped onto one of the pools suction lines (main drain or skimmer) the device would sense a change in pressure and shutoff the pump automatically. To learn more visit www.vac-alert.com.