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POOL SAFETY ENTERS
NEW HI TECH ERA
A NEW RANGE OF SOPHISTICATED PRODUCTS
AIMED AT REDUCING THE REAL THREAT OF
POOL DROWNINGS ARE COMING ON TO
THE MARKET. THEY ARE DRIVEN BY NEW
TECHNOLOGY AND IF THEY CAN GAIN
CONSUMER APPROVAL COULD
IMPROVE STANDARDS OF SAFETY
THROUGHOUT THE UK
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adly children drown every year in SonarGuard into standby mode when the pool is
unattended swimming pools. In 2010 being used. Once the standby mode time has
more new sophisticated and innovate elapsed, the system will automatically rearm
safety systems are set to arrive on the after giving a three minute warning. The system
UK pool market as Britain tries to apply itself can be rearmed at any time by simply pressing
to better precautions against accidents and to the ARM button. SonarGuard provides security
improve its reputation for reducing tragic by utilising a PIN to disarm. User friendly and
accidents in and around the pool. professionally activated, it is the most
Britain doesn’t have the pressure on safety technologically advanced system on the market.
measure such as in France which is the first Simple installation of transducers
European country to pass laws which govern throughout the pool, provide 100% detection.
the safety of swimming pool areas. These The system can be integrated with home
incorporate standards and rules for the areas automation and security systems.
and safeguards for: Sound Ideas the sole UK SonarGuard
• Walls surrounding the swimming pool area distributor has been involved in the high-end
• Fences surrounding in the swimming pool area residential market for nearly 25 years they
• Cover construction for the swimming pool have not previously been involved directly in
area swimming pool installations. Their area of
• A precautional alarm in the swimming expertise is in the integration of home if only one pool were installed in the UK next
pool area entertainment systems with simplified touch year, the users of that pool should have the
screen control systems and lighting design. option of having their children protected by
In the UK there is new pressure for the However, when asked by a client last year this system. “If only one life is saved it must
industry to provide technology driven to find an alarm system that would sound be worth the effort,” says Steve Godleman a
products to increase pool safety. Fortunately when a baby or child falls into an unattended director of Sound Ideas.
the industry is coming up trumps. pool they were forced to go to the US to find The Swiss Company Deep Blue Marine AG
SonarGuard is an advanced swimming pool the right product. They found the perfect has been researching underwater ultrasonic
security system, which creates an “invisible” solution; SonarGuard, it works simply and communication and has developed a solution
underwater sonar-net. reliably using underwater sonar to recognise to help prevent swimmers and non-swimmers
It sets off an alarm if a child falls into a the difference between water toys falling into from drowning and near-drowning.
pool. The system works on any size or shape the pool and a child falling into the water. Born from Swiss research into ultrasonic’s,
pool and / or spa. SonarGuard represents the The SonarGuard system is “on” all the time BlueFox is a comprehensive solution to
best solution to pool security and safety for and can be put on stand-by mode by the pool swimming pool safety.
the pool owner. owner during pool use or maintenance. As the Comprising two systems in one, its
The “intelligent” system distinguishes product was not being imported by anyone in technology can monitor an unattended pool
between a real event and pool toys, wind, or a the UK, Sound Ideas decided to distribute the for any unsupervised entry, which we call
dog drinking from the water’s surface. product themselves. “passive” safety; and for situations where there
Armed system status is displayed on the Understanding that in these difficult times are multiple swimmers of various standards
remote keypad by a glowing green light. The the market for new pool installation may well and ability in the water all at the same time,
homeowner uses the remote keypad to place be shrinking they are taking the line that even the technology provides “active” safety.
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