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Dear Pool and Spa Safety Community,


The 2022 swim season is underway, and we hope you are all enjoying a safe and fun start to the summer! Pool Safely wants to share with you, our valued collaborators, the updated toolkit designed just for you, CPSC’s latest drowning data, updates about Pool Safely stories and reminders about the grant program.

The 2022 collaborator toolkit is now available for download via poolsafely.gov! As always, it shares our latest messaging for your use; CPSC’s new drowning data; sample social media posts you can repurpose in English and Spanish – and more.


Last week, Pool Safely released its latest report that shares new drowning as well as fatal and non-fatal injury data. You can find the press release that contains the full report here, but the highlights include:

  • Across 2017 through 2019, there were 389 pool- or spa-related, fatal drownings reported per year involving children younger than 15 years of age.
  • Pool- or spa-related, hospital department-treated, nonfatal drowning injuries involving children younger than 15 years of age spiked 17 percent in 2021 with 6,800 injuries reported, compared to 2020 with 5,800.
  • Nonfatal drowning injuries increased by 17 percent in 2021


In 2021, we introduced Pool Safely Stories, a database of personal stories related to drowning prevention and water safety from families and organizations working toward our shared goal of #notonemoredrowning. 


These stories are designed to contextualize our water safety tips and are available via Pool Safely’s online press kit. We invite interested collaborators to submit their stories to poolsafely@finnpartners.com. Thank you to those of you who have already contributed!


On June 20, 2022, the application period for the Pool Safely grant program will close. We hope you will review and share the information with your eligible state, local, and tribal governments. CPSC will award up to a total of $2 million in two-year grants to assist jurisdictions in reducing deaths and injuries from drowning and drain entrapment incidents in pools and spas.


Please contact poolsafely@cpsc.gov for more information.


Thank you for your dedication to water safety!


All the best,
The CPSC Pool Safely Team



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