The Vac-Alert Safety Vacuum Release System is designed to prevent swimming pool entrapment. The Vac-Alert is a non-electrical self-monitoring, low-maintenance safety system that responds in milliseconds to an increase in pump suction created by an obstruction being held by suction on the main drain. Pool entrapment can occur because of a damaged outlet in a […]
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Research detailing the number of pool and spa entrapment incidents recorded globally make shocking reading. Figures covering a six-year period from 2015 to 2021 show 229 entrapment incidents of which 76 were fatal. Incidents occurred in countries across Europe and as far afield as Belarus, China, and Chile. Spain at 24 and then Brazil at […]
