The surveillance and rescue organisation plan may provide for the operator to organise periodic drills to simulate the alarm phase, so that personnel can be trained in search and rescue operations.
All permanent or casual staff of the establishment must be familiar with the surveillance and rescue organisation plan, transmitted in accordance with the conditions set out in article D. 322-16. The operator must ensure that these staff are able to apply the said plan.
An extract from this plan is displayed in a place where everyone can see it, particularly at the edge of the baths. In particular, users must be able to read the provisions relating to alarm procedures. To this end, instructions must be easily legible.
The health and safety standards applicable to swimming pools are set out in the amended Order of 7 April 1981 on the technical provisions applicable to swimming pools and the amended Order of 29 November 1991 on the health and safety rules applicable to swimming pools and landscaped bathing areas.
Technical and safety guarantees for equipment in the establishments mentioned in article D. 322-12, where aquatic, bathing or swimming activities are practised, are governed by this paragraph. They are without prejudice to the provisions relating to public safety and accessibility for disabled people in establishments open to the public.
Any equipment or material requiring special use will have a sign that everyone can understand, specifying the correct way to use it, as well as prohibited uses and areas or precautions for use. This sign should be placed sufficiently far upstream of the circulation circuit to prevent bathers from using it carelessly. Every measure is taken to enable users to appreciate the risks to which they are exposed in relation…
All floors that are accessible barefoot and those of pool floors less than 1.50 metres deep are non-slip but not abrasive. To avoid water stagnation, the slopes of the decking should be between 3% and 5%; floor drains should be sufficient in number and positioned accordingly. Protruding elements such as benches, planters and ducts located at a height of less than 2.50 metres must be designed and protected so that…
The design of the equipment and materials used for aquatic, bathing or swimming activities, and in particular that of their fixings and anchorages, is adapted to the foreseeable use of this equipment.
Each piece of equipment, activity or event has its own protected area. This protective area includes the practice area and, if necessary, a reception area, as well as the traffic areas required by users. The protective areas of two different activities, with the exception of the circulation areas, may not overlap. When the risk of falling is inherent to an activity or when the fall is an integral part of…
The walls and bottom of the pools are light-coloured to enable the supervision and emergency services referred to in article D. 322-16 to be organised. When the turbidity of the water in a pool is such that the bottom is no longer visible, the pool is immediately evacuated.
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