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Florida Pool Pro
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• July 2014
POOL SAFETY ROUNDTABLE
Pool industry invited to participate in
Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz’
Pool Safety Roundtable
Friday, June 6, in Davie, FL, Congresswoman
Debbie Wasserman Schultz hosted a Swimming
Pool Safety Roundtable forum. Jennifer Hatfield
was in attendance representing the pool industry
on behalf of the Florida Swimming Pool Association;
others in attendance included CPSC Acting Chair
Robert Adler, the Florida Department of Health,
Safe Kids – Broward County, American Red Cross, YMCA, leaders from local
swim programs and children’s services, a local mayor involved with both the
state and Federal League of Cities, the Broward County Sheriff’s Department,
a property manager group, a county commissioner, pediatric doctor, and
Bruce Wigo from the International Swimming Pool Hall of Fame. Participants
discussed ways to improve upon education efforts as well as what currently
exists at the federal, state and local levels to prevent such tragedies from
occurring. Finding ways to improve upon what exists and new ideas were
presented.
After two hours of product ive discussion, both Chairman Adler
and t he Cong r es swoman p r ov i ded c l os i ng commen t s and
s i gned t he Poo l Sa f e l y P l edge , wh i c h c an be f ound a t :
The Chairman discussed how the CPSC has an entire department for
consumer education and a very large portion of this department’s work goes
to their Pool Safely education. Wasserman Schultz provided the group with
a list of items she would be following up on after the morning’s discussion.
It was evident everyone in the room shared the same goal and recognized a
need for more coordination between all the entities represented at the local,
state and federal level.
By Jennifer Hatfield, FSPA Government Relations Consultant
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Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz
and Jennifer Hatfield, FSPA government
relations consultant, at the Pool Safety
Roundtable in June.
