Frank Verni has been busy over the past few weeks. "A lot of people think I'm the pool guy. I'm the pool safety guy that's it," said Verni. He likes to think of himself as a pool safety pro. He ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. You might be ready for a summer of swimming pool games like Marco Polo or simply frolicking and swimming your days away, but ...

An inground pool sitting in a backyard surrounded by a lawn and shrubs - Herreid/Getty Images A popped pool can occur when pressure from groundwater becomes greater than the weight of an empty pool.

How many DIYers does it take to change a light bulb? Wait, before you answer, we left a word out. How many DIYers does it take to change a light bulb... underwater? The reason this is such a challenge ...

SPOKANE, Wash. - Just this week, a child drowned in your community. Should you continue to report about this tragedy? The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) encourages you to use this ...

Few things are more fun than celebrating the Independence Day holiday around the pool. But nothing can spoil the fun faster than a poolside tragedy. As the holiday b approaches, the U.S. Consumer ...

As temperatures soar, parents are beginning to think about pool safety, but a family in Attleboro, Massachusetts, said the gate that was supposed to stop children from getting into the pool didn't ...