Wristbands for Pool Safety

Pool safety can become greatly increased with colored wristband usage. Using different colored wristbands can help a lifeguard, supervisor, or camp counselor identify the skill levels of individual swimmers. For example, a person wearing a red wristband may mean ‘beginner’, while a green wristband means ‘advanced’. Therefore, the person in charge is aware of the less skilled swimmers and can keep a closer watch on those with red wristbands, decreasing the possibility of a drowning incident.

The use of colored wristbands can also improve safety by allowing the person in charge to identify the amount of time a swimmer has been in the pool. Many times camps rotate swimming times between the different age groups of the campers. Consequently, the pool area admittance wristband colors can be changed every hour or two (depending on the amount of time a group is to stay in the pool for). Thus, if a camper is seen with a yellow wristband on during an hour at which the admittance color is purple, a counselor will be able to tell that the child is in the wrong place. This technique can also be useful at paid admittance pools and other similar scenarios, to help keep the pool area safe, under control and organized.

There is also the option of write-on wristbands to optimize pool safety. With write-on wristbands swimmers information, such as name, phone number, emergency contact etc., can be written in sharpie directly onto the band. As a result, if a swimmer is separated from a parent, guardian or supervisor proper action can be taken to reunite the two. In addition, if there was an emergency, the appropriate measures would be able to be taken to ensure the safety and well-being of the swimmer.