Keeping your little ones safe is always first on a parents’ agenda. However accidents can and do happen daily in your family backyard pool. Safety precautions should always be exercised when you have a pool and small children. First item on a parents’ checklist for safeguarding a backyard pool should be a fence to put around your pool. You should also have it equipped with a child proof latch system that will prevent your child from entering the backyard pool area without proper supervision. Also you should have an alarm installed both in the pool (it will alert you if there is someone in the pool) and on the gate to the entrance of the pool. That will prevent children from entering without you knowing. It is also a smart idea to keep all chairs and step ladders from the pool area as children can use them to climb over a fence. You should also make sure that the slats on the fence are not small enough so that a child can squeeze through them. Taking CPR classes are an excellent idea as well. While having a backyard pool can cause risk, following these simple steps can ensure your family’s safety.