Having an impact on children's lives, knowing that our pool safety awareness efforts and our pool safety barriers help to keep children safe, makes working at Katchakid truly special. We also get to attend cool events, sharing in the special magic and excitement that little children bring to each holiday and season.
This week CPSC's Pool Safely initiative, our partner in drowning prevention, released the song Pool Safely! Four Simple Steps by children's musical artist Laurie Berkner. Music has long been a proven effective medium for teaching valuable lessons, most of us will have learnt our alphabet from singing the simple ABC's song.
Since Katchakid invented the pool safety net over 40 years ago, we have installed pool nets for many famous clients. Drowning prevention is always our primary focus and protecting every child is of paramount importance to us, but there is no denying that installing a pool safety net for a celebrity client such as Tori Spelling creates a buzz of excitement around the office.
According to the US Coast Guard, 9 out of 10 natural water drowning’s take place in inland waters, most within a few feet of safety. Furthermore, as many as 88% of these tragedies may of have been prevented by the use of a personal flotation device (PFD). With so many different styles of PFD’s available, fabricated from varying materials, how do you begin selecting the right one for your child?
WASHINGTON, D.C. – New statistics released today by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) show that fatal and non-fatal child drownings in pools and spas continue to pose a public health…
How many times do we read of children dying in the midst of busy swimming pools when drowning prevention seems so possible? According to water safety experts the Hollywood depicted…
As the Annual National Drowning Prevention Alliance (NDPA) 2015 Educational Conference kicks off tomorrow; I would like to give a shout-out to the "Pool Safety Mom" Mary Ann Downing. Mary…
Find out how to save a choking baby with #TheChokeables – the new advert from St John Ambulance.
Katchakid CEO Blair Esson invented and patented the first central tension system close to 40 years ago as a means to get a pool safety net to the required tension without excessive physical exertion. Learn more:
