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2010 Swimming Pool Safety: Compliance with Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act

Last year we worked very hard to make sure all DRD managed pools met the requirements of the Federally Mandated Virginia Graeme –Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (VGB). Enacted to protect swimmers from entrapment hazards in commercial pools caused by such things as high-suction single drains that can catch hair or create a suction powerful enough to hold a person under water, the VGB act forced the pool industry to re-tool their manufacturing plants to produce suction covers that prevent body, limb and hair entrapment. Read More

Lifeguard Training Showcase: Keeping Watch…Fast Reaction Can Save Lives Even if a person seems healthy and has no family history of heart disease, heart related issues can strike suddenly, and with little warning. This can present a tricky pool safety issue, because otherwise healthy people (especially women), often dismiss the symptoms—and may not ask for assistance right away. So lifeguards should be on the lookout for any kind of unusual behavior poolside, and be ready to implement an emergency action plan immediately. Read More

DRD Pools, Adds New Baltimore Area Community Pools to Management Portfolio

Baltimore, MD—April 22, 2010—Several commercial properties in Maryland have hired DRD Pool Management, Inc. for summer pool management in 2010.

DRD Pool Management, Inc. has added many new pools to its management portfolio this year, both for existing and new clients.

In downtown Baltimore, DRD will manage waterfront pools at the Belts Landing Condominiums on Fell Street (Village Management, Inc.) as well as 100 Harborview Condominiums (Zalco Management). They will also be managing the Winthrope House near Johns Hopkins University for Brodie Management, Inc.

Three new clients this season are David S. Brown Enterprises, Riden-Bringhurst Associates, Inc., and WHH Trice and Company. Brown retained DRD to manage three of their beautiful community pools: Cascades Overlook, Brookside Commons and St. Charles at Olde Court. For Riden- Bringhurst, DRD will manage a community pool in Mt Washington called The Parke at Mt. Washington, and for WHH Trice and Company, a community pool at Chadwick Manor near Security Blvd

Not too far from DRD’s corporate office in Hunt Valley is the newly built Residence Inn by Marriott Hunt Valley that has a gorgeous indoor pool and spa that the company will manage year-round.

Other new pools for this season include Riverstone at Owings Mills, The Crossings at Whitemarsh and Stevenson Village in Pikesville.

Family owned and managed since 1965, DRD Pool Management, Inc. offers pool repair/renovation, lifeguard training and pool management services for commercial pools in the Baltimore City and surrounding area, including Carroll, Howard, Harford, Anne Arundel and Prince George’s counties.

News: DRD Pools Lifeguard Training Scholarships Numbers

DRD Pools employees with a high school or college GPA of 3.5 or better are eligible for FREE lifeguard training, and DRD announced 127 winners for the first quarter of 2010.

News: Pool Emergency Policy in Action--YouTube Video of Interview with Annie Lawler

View the Annie Lawler video on her amazing story of a pool emergency handled just right.