The extensive recommendations by the Queensland Coroner at the recent Rockhampton Rock Pool Water Park Drowning Inquest included a recommendation that the Workplace Health and Safety authorities should implement an anti-drowning safety alert system at public pools.
Yet Australasian Leisure Management has discovered that the Poseidon anti-drowning technology, as installed in more than 180 public pools around the world, no longer has an Australian distributor.
Queensland Coroner Annette Hennessy made the recommendation at the coronial inquest into the drowning of a nine-year-old boy at Rockhampton’s The Rock Pool Water Park in January 2007.
Blaming inadequate supervision by adults, the lifeguard operating the rocket, the pool operator and the boy’s lack of swimming ability as contributing to the boy’s death, Coroner Hennessy said she would like to see a public campaign reminding parents and guardians of the importance of watching their children; and that Workplace Health and Safety should implement a safety alert system to protect and alert the public and pool operators to such an incident.
Poseidon, the world’s leading anti-drowning system, was installed at Blacktown Leisure Centre Stanhope in NSW in 2007 by local distributor Third Watch. The system was retrofitted to BLCS’ existing 25 metre pool and at the time was seen by many as important pool safety innovation.
Yet beyond the BLCS installation, Third Watch received no further orders for the system and their distributorship for Australia and New Zealand ceased at the end of last year.
At the present time, France-based Poseidon can deal with inquiries, quotes and provide information on the system.
Nigel Benton, Publisher, Australasian Leisure Management. http://www.ausleisure.com/
The Poseidon system at Blacktown Leisure Centre Stanhope was featured in the November/December 2007 issue of Australasian Leisure Management.
Poseidon can be contacted on +33 683 877 314, E: tboeglin@poseidon-tech.com
www.poseidon-tech.com
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