Every year around this time, we review all of our aquatic investigations from the previous year to pull out the trends that we see at our customers' pools. We invite Michael Oostman of Oostman Aquatic Safety Consulting to talk to our staff about what happened during each incident and what led to these drowning events.
Following Michael's presentation, we often have a follow-up conversation about what our customers should be focusing on and how they can improve for the upcoming aquatics season.
This year, we recorded our follow-up conversation. You will hear from Michael Oostman, Gareth Hedges, President of The Redwoods Group, and Tonya Roy, Regional Director of Consulting, about the trends we found from our 19 aquatic investigations in 2017.
We have also created a one-page document to accompany the video that reviews each trend and provides recommendations for you and your staff.