A coroner has called for a public awareness campaign about the requirement for portable pools to be fenced following the drowning of an 18-month-old boy in Hobart. Kobie Ryder Blackaby died in ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The first U.S. study on child drownings in portable pools finds that a child dies every five days in such a pool during warm-weather months, demonstrating a considerable risk and ...

Portable pools, a staple in the summer in many back yards, may be fun for kids. But they can also be trouble. Every five days a child drowns in one of these pools in the United States, according to a ...

Portable pools are popular, but they can be as dangerous as they are fun. Dr. Michael Macknin, a pediatrician at Cleveland Clinic Children's, says portable pools present all kinds of dangers for kids ...

Two children have died in backyard pools in Tasmania this year, including a toddler who fell into an inflatable pool. The Royal Life Saving Soc­iety of Tasmania yesterday warned that portable pools — ...

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa --- As the leaves start to turn, the minds of the Planning and Zoning Commission are moving on to swimming pools? This week, the commission began a discussion on regulating portable ...

Austin city officials concerned about safety are looking at requiring people with portable swimming pools to install fencing and buy a permit. Council members ...

DISGRUNTLED neighbours are tipped to dob on each other over unfenced wading pools when tough new laws come into effect later this year. So stringent are the new rules that portable pools and fish ...

While it is understandable that fences need to meet strict Australian standards, renters like Steve Bickerson are having difficulty understanding why the associated council fees are out of proportion ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Central Queensland. Followed categories will be added to My News. The Commission on Friday warned parents of the hazards as the small, often blow-up pools are a ...