Pool Safety Signs | Clarion Safety Systems

Q: "What safety signs does a pool need?"

"Requirements come from state and local bather codes and vary by jurisdiction, with common mandates covering pool rules, depth markings, no diving warnings and occupancy or supervision notices. The CDC's Model Aquatic Health Code provides widely referenced guidance, and a standards-based sign system covers the serious hazards regardless of local minimums."

Q: "What does a no diving sign mean?"

"A no diving sign warns that the water is too shallow for safe diving and that entering head-first risks serious spinal injury. The message is communicated with a standardized symbol showing a diver with a prohibition slash."

A Pool Safety Sign System Built on ANSI and ISO Standards

When it comes to your water safety program, pool safety signs are a critical element in keeping swimmers safe from harm and in helping to fulfill your legal duty to warn. The challenge is that most pool signs in use today don't comply with the latest standards-based best practices for hazard communication. Clarion's pool safety sign system uses state-of-the-art graphical symbols, color, language and special formatting to communicate the most serious water safety hazards like no other signage on the market today. Products in the sign system include tabletop placards, signs for front gates, signs for locker rooms, signs for use at poolside and safety cones.

No Diving Signs and the Hazards That Demand Attention

Though often installed in plain sight, the typical text-only pool sign goes unnoticed. Its ad hoc assortment of written warnings does little to call attention to the safety messages that need to be followed in pool environments - messages meant to avoid possible disasters. Tragic accidents occur when water safety signs go unheeded; consider the potential outcome of a child left unattended, a non-swimmer not wearing a life vest, someone diving into shallow water or a safety rule being ignored.

The system addresses each of these risks directly:

No diving signs for shallow water and diving injury prevention
Watch your children signs for supervision messaging
Non-swimmers wear life jacket signs
Lifeguard signs for staffed and unstaffed conditions

Expert-Developed, Viewer-Tested, and Focused on Your Duty to Warn

If you're tasked with safety at your pool, your responsibility is to warn people of potential hazards associated with the environment under your care. Your premises liability prevention and defense will only be as good as the measures you take to eliminate potential hazards and, when hazards cannot be eliminated or guarded, your ability to inform and instruct people on how to avoid them. Clarion's ANSI and ISO compliant water safety sign system redefines visual safety communication for the aquatic industry worldwide.

Our powerful pool safety sign system offers:

Compliance with the latest ANSI and ISO safety sign standards
The only sign system on the market tested by viewers and proven to be quickly recognized and easily understood
Designs developed by leading experts in safety standards, signage and aquatics, including Clarion's founder, Geoffrey Peckham, and renowned aquatic safety expert, Dr. Tom Griffiths
Graphical symbols for immediate noticeability and more universal comprehension
Repetition of messages at various critical points, from the front gate to poolside
Signs available in English, Spanish and bilingual English/Spanish, with customization in over 30 languages

Build your system today. Use our Pool Safety Sign Checklist to cover every critical point, or contact our team for help tailoring the system to your facility.

Frequently Asked Questions About Pool Safety Signs

What safety signs does a pool need?

Requirements come from state and local bather codes and vary by jurisdiction, with common mandates covering pool rules, depth markings, no diving warnings and occupancy or supervision notices. The CDC's Model Aquatic Health Code provides widely referenced guidance, and a standards-based sign system covers the serious hazards regardless of local minimums.

What does a no diving sign mean?

A no diving sign warns that the water is too shallow for safe diving and that entering head-first risks serious spinal injury. The message is communicated with a standardized symbol showing a diver with a prohibition slash.