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The annual awareness-raising about safety in Reykjavík's swimming pools begins on Sunday, January 21. The awareness-raising is held in the name of Guðni Pétur Guðnason, an employee of the welfare department of the city of Reykjavík, who died in Sundhöll Reykjavíkur.
On January 21, 2021, Guðni Pétur Guðnason, a welfare support officer, died in Sundhöll Reykjavík. He was at work, swimming with his client who lived in the housing complex at Flókagata. After a meeting of his parents, Guðna Heiðar Guðnason and Sigrún Drífa Annieardóttur, with the mayor and the director of the welfare department and following extensive preparation and consultation, the city council agreed to take more extensive measures than has been the case regarding safety in swimming pools. 13 related proposals were approved. Among other things, the proposals included more extensive measures than public bodies, such as the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources and the Labor Inspectorate, stipulate. In this way, for example, the procedures would be revised and updated, and the directors' discretion to reduce services or limit the number of visitors would be expanded. Guðni Pétur's name would then be associated with raising awareness about safety issues in the city's swimming pools, on January 21 every year.
Open house and safety equipment introduced
The awareness raising is now taking place for the first time, and it starts with an open house in Reykjavík's Sundhöll on Sunday from 2-4 p.m. There, visitors will be able to familiarize themselves with and test the safety equipment used in swimming pools and during staff emergency drills. That day is the start of a safety week in the swimming pools, where a new training course for pool guards will be implemented, focusing on safety and water quality. A conference will be held for security guards and security trustees and will end the security week with an open house in Grafarvogslaug on Saturday, January 27 from 14 to 16, where visitors can try safety equipment used for rescue in swimming pools.
Reykjavík City operates eight swimming pools. They are Árbæjarlaug, Breiðholtslaug, Dalslaug, Grafarvogslaug, Klébergslaug, Laugardalslaug, Sundhöll Reykjavíkur and Vesturbæjarlaug. A shared swimming pool with Kópavogsbær in Fossvogsdalur is being prepared and others are planned. From now on, the swimming pools will be worked on with the safety of guests as a guide so that their experience is the best when they visit the pools for fun, fitness and relaxation and they continue to experience them as a physical, mental and social spa.