Swimming Pool Safety in Phoenix CPSC Holds Public Hearing in Phoenix on Swimming Pool Safety Swimming Pool Safety Last year the Phoenix Fire Department responded to 91 drownings and near drownings.  Most of these tragic incidences could have been prevented.  In 1990 the City of Phoenix adopted a swimming pool barrier ordinance into the building code.  The ordinance requires that all swimming pools built after May 4,1990 are required to have an interior barrier.  Barriers shall be: N...