Safety and security

Drowning accidents, supervision and safety

Playing by the water is fun, but always dangerous. Be it outdoors, by the sea or lake, or indoors in a swimming pool. Every year, children and adults drown in the country’s swimming pools. You can do something to prevent this from happening.

Never send your children or other unstable swimmers alone in the pool. Never leave your children unattended, a moment of inattention is enough for things to go wrong.

Frederikshavn Municipality has decided that a lifeguard must always be present in Frederikshavn Swimming Pool when there is public bathing.

The swimming pool staff do everything possible to prevent drowning accidents. But remember, the danger is always present.

Use of the swimming pool is at your own risk

Swimming at your own risk in a swimming pool means that you are responsible for your own safety. You can’t pass that responsibility on to others, neither lifeguards nor older siblings. Therefore, children under the age of 10 must be accompanied by adults – download our safety brochure here.

Schools, after-school programs, kindergartens and other groups with children require great vigilance from teachers and managers. Believing that lifeguards see all situations can have fatal consequences. Therefore, be extra vigilant when you are responsible for children. We recommend a maximum of 10 children per adult, but the fewer the better. Therefore, the swimming pool has also prepared a supervision guide that makes the responsible adults better able to provide qualified supervision.

Every year at Frederikshavn Swimming Pool, lifeguards with foresight and skill pick up bathers, especially children, who are in a drowning situation.

TV surveillance policy

Surveillance cameras have been installed in Frederikshavn swimming pool to increase the safety of bathers by documenting and preventing incidents, including possible criminal acts.

The use of CCTV surveillance is carried out in accordance with the applicable rules for CCTV surveillance and GDPR legislation at any given time.

See the full policy here

Mobile and photo policy

We want everyone to be SAFE with us!

Therefore, Frederikshavn Swimming Hall has introduced a “MOBILE-FREE hall” policy. This means that, from the moment you enter the changing room, all use of cell phones, tablets etc. will no longer be allowed.

If you want to capture a great moment with your family, you need permission from one of our lifeguards.

You can read more about our mobile and photo policy here

Lifeguard presence

At Frederikshavn Swimming Pool you will always meet one of our qualified lifeguards when you enter the swimming pool. We always have at least two lifeguards on duty and they do their best to ensure you have a safe visit to the swimming pool.

The lifeguard’s main tasks are to anticipate and prevent potentially dangerous situations, and to provide qualified lifesaving and/or first aid in the event of an accident.

Please note that the presence of lifeguards cannot guarantee that drowning accidents will not occur. However, should an accident occur, all our lifeguards are trained in the use of the swimming pool’s safety equipment, including the use of defibrillators.

How is the drowning person discovered?

Experience shows that it is usually one of the bathers who first spots the victim and calls the lifeguard. The lifeguard then provides the necessary qualified assistance.

Hazardous situations

The lifeguards at the swimming pool are aware of the guests in the pool, not only those in the water, but also those moving around the pool edge, as they can also get hurt or injure others. For example, by jumping into the water from the sides and hitting a guest who is already in the water.

Previous drowning accidents have shown that a drowning accident most often occurs:

  • when unskilled swimmers are not supervised by relatives.
  • when bathers compete to stay underwater for the longest time.
  • if you forcibly hold each other underwater.
  • When a less skilled swimmer is swum down or into.
  • For example, when a bather feels unwell.

Epilepsy

People with epilepsy are a very vulnerable group when swimming, and if you have epilepsy, you should never swim alone, but always make an appointment with a good friend to keep an eye on you. An epileptic seizure triggered in water can be fatal and requires quick help.

Accident prevention measures.

It is NOT allowed in the swimming pool:

  • Jumping upside down in shallow water.
  • Children with belts or mittens staying in the 25m pool without adult supervision
  • Holding your breath underwater for an unnecessarily long time – and never when you’re alone.
  • Children who cannot swim at least 100 meters stay in the 25 meter pool.
  • Diving and pushing others in the pools.
  • Jumping off the sides of the pool.
  • To use a snorkel and flippers (Exemptions can be granted in special cases for training purposes in agreement with the pool attendant)
  • Running and fighting on land.
  • Playing ball on land.
  • Being more than one on the seesaw at a time.
  • Jumping out to the sides from the lashes.
  • Riding the slide more than one at a time.
  • Staying unnecessarily under the lashes.
  • To use play equipment under the lashes.
  • Children wearing mittens or belts jumping from the 3-meter seesaw.

In addition to these rules, the pool guard’s instructions must be followed at all times.

Safety equipment

Frederikshavn Swimming Pool has invested a lot in technical safety equipment over the years. The oxygen suitcase contains masks and suction as well as various first aid supplies.

The swimming pool also has a defibrillator, called a defibrillator, which is indispensable in the event of, for example, cardiac arrest. Spineboard is a stretcher used in tilting accidents and heating blankets are used where there is a risk of the victim going into shock.

If you want to know more about the pool’s safety system or the lifeguards’ skills, contact us. We’ll be happy to show you around and answer any questions you may have.