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The need for safety everywhere is growing by the day in industrialized countries like America and in Europe. This growing demand for safety is clear in sports such as skiing and snowboarding, as well as in cycling. Just a few years ago, a skier wearing a helmet on the piste was looked on as an oddity, while today 80% of skiers and snowboarders wear them. Helmeted cyclists are a common sight these days, and some countries already prescribe them by law. Every day millions of people run the risk of drowning, without suitable preventive measure being taken. Every year, the OECD nations see more than 4,000 children drown, making it the second most common cause of accidental death among children. Despite the number of accidents compared to other leisure and sporting activities, there are virtually no safety systems in place. The currently applied method is observation by a pool attendant or lifeguard. But factors such as fatigue, distraction, a poor overall view and noise may cause the attentiveness of the observer to waver, ultimately leading to lapses in safety. What's more, to justify costs, attendants and lifeguards are often given additional tasks.
BlueFox is a revolutionary safety system that sounds an alarm in time if there is a risk to be drowning.
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According to statistics from the International Life Saving Federation (www.ilsf.org), every year 1.2 million people die due to drowning around the globe.That's more than two every minute. Many of these tragic accidents happen in public swimming pools and private pools. Contrary to general opinion, most victims of drowning are not nonswimmers; in fact, the largest section is made up of practised swimmers. Children frequently see how long they can hold their breath under water, thereby placing themselves in danger of drowning. The lack of oxygen can lead to unconsciousness and death in the water. An exaggerated opinion of abilities and medical problems such as epilepsy, heart problems or illness can have tragic consequences in a swimming pool if they are not noticed in time.
BlueFox is a unique pool safety system from Switzerland that helps you to avoid accidents involving drowning and neardrowning. BlueFox is both an active and a passive system and only sets off an alarm when certain conditions are identified. The innovative technology allows you to determine these conditions yourself, avoiding unnecessary false alarms, for example. The key to the system is a monitoring bracelet worn in active mode by everyone using the pool. The computer measures both the depth and the time under water by constantly measuring the distance between the swimmer and the water's surface. The distance can be set to between 5 and 125 cm and as soon as a swimmer goes below the programmed depth, a stopwatch begins to count the seconds. This can be set to anywhere between 5 and 95 seconds.As soon as the preset interval expires, the monitoring bracelet sends an ultrasonic signal that is detected by a receiving sensor installed in the water. This in turn is connected to an alarm unit that triggers both an acoustic and visual alarm. No Alarm
How Blue Fox works: All swimmers wearing a monitoring bracelet (switched to active mode) are monitored by the BlueFox system. By the way, the monitoring bracelets are not coded to any one sensor, but can be used in any pool equipped with the system. The monitoring bracelet itself is also designed to be absolutely safe. A warning on the monitoring bracelet appears whenever the battery falls below 50% power, which takes around three months at approx. three hours usage under water per day. It switches off automatically after 30 seconds if the monitoring bracelet is not moved. Touching it gently switches it straightaway into standby mode. The monitoring bracelet switches on automatically on contact with water.
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Active and passive protection – the BlueFox safety system gives you BOTH! Active protection monitors swimmers wearing the BlueFox monitoring bracelet at swimming times and provides an alert if a swimmer stays too long under water. Passive protection is activated when the swimming pool is not being used, immediately providing an alert if someone (without a monitoring bracelet) falls into the pool. It gives you, your family, friends and neighbours 24-hour protection.l
You know the situation: the children are enjoying themselves in the swimming pool or pond in the garden when suddenly the doorbell rings and you have to leave the children unattended for a moment. But a marvellous day in the pool at home can turn into a nightmare in seconds. The BlueFox Pool Safety System helps you keep watch and warns you whenever someone spends too long under water. But BlueFox doesn't only protect your children and their guests at their kids' pool party. BlueFox protects your whole family, even grandpa, who still swims his daily lengths.
BASIC This set lets you monitor a pool actively or passively and contains an underwater sensor to stick on the side of the pool-wall, an alarm unit and one monitoring bracelet. Optional: Additional monitoring bracelets • STANDARD In addition to the Basic set contents, the Standard set sends the alarm to other recipients. These receivers (dongle) can be simply plugged into a normal socket in any room. One is included in the set with the option of ordering more. Optional: • Additional monitoring bracelets • Additional alarm receivers (dongles) PRO The Pro set is suitable for hotel pools, larger swimming pools and for swimming ponds with regeneration zones. It comes with two underwater sensors, an alarm unit, a receiver (dongle) and a test unit. Optional: • Monitoring bracelets • Additional alarm receivers (dongles) Optional for all versions: Battery pack for mains-free operation • Solar power feed for the optional battery pack • Various assembly sets for the underwater sensor •
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For the private pool at home
Active + Passive
You decide the conditions that trigger the alarm. With BIueFox Control software, you can set the tolerated depth and time under water yourself, and transfer them from your PC to the monitoring bracelet.
mobile Set contents: 1 underwater sensor, 1 siren (97 db) with alarm light The BlueFox monitoring bracelet is available for order in the desired quantity and colour.
All you have to do is download the free software from our website, connect the monitoring bracelet with the adapter and a USB cable to your PC and you can choose when the alarm is triggered by setting depth (5 - 125 cm) and duration (5 - 95 seconds). At the click of a mouse you can also select one of the five pre-set values depending on the swimmer's age and ability.
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The adjustable individual values can be transferred from a PC to the monitoring bracelet.
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Swimmer Depth 80 cm / Time 20 sek.
Individually programmable
Safety to go
The mobile BlueFox set is especially suitable for swimming lessons or aquafit groups, and all other water sports in the pool.
Non-swimmer Depth 80 cm / Time 10 sek.
The sensor can easily be attached to the side of any swimming pool using the suction pad. The cable is connected to the siren included and the safety system is ready for your swimming class.
Toddler Depth 5 cm / Zeit 5 sek.
They are perfect for coaches and swimming teachers who often teach in different pools, either outside or indoors. With the BIueFox case set, you are always perfectly equipped.
Child Depth 50 cm / Time 10 sek.
Examples of parameters according to age or ability:
Depending on your pool's design, BlueFox has individual solutions for mounting the underwater sensors.
commercial Many hotel pools have no full-time lifeguard and permanent monitoring of swimmers cannot be guaranteed in many cases. Public swimming pools are also aware of the problem. Besides keeping watch at the edge of the pool, swimming pool attendants and lifeguards have a great deal of other tasks to perform as well, meaning that swimmers are frequently under no observation. BIueFox provides an affordable way of raising safety in hotel pools, wellness complexes and public swimming baths and water parks. Das The BlueFox monitoring bracelet recognises an individually adjustable alarm situation.
Tiled pool
Ready-made pool (polyester pool)
Cored bare concrete pool
Plastic-lined pools
Depending on the size and shape of the observed pool, additional sensors send information to the sensor control unit (SCU). The alarm unit produces an optical and an acoustic alarm, which can be forwarded to existing alarm systems or radio receivers.
Swimmers can swim... non-swimmers can't... but both can drown!
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Public swimming pools – hotel and wellness complexes
Stainless steel pool
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To protect the monitoring bracelet from being taken away, deliberately or accidentally, the monitoring bracelet can be optionally fitted with a radio transponder. An acoustic alarm sounds if the exit turnstile/panel is passed with a BlueFox monitoring bracelet.
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Integrated systems
To connect a radio system to the BlueFox system, you will need an in/out module. The radio system must be licensed.
Locker key combined with safety system – the perfect combination.
If required, to integrate the BlueFox monitoring bracelet into modern till and access systems, an RFID chip can be built into it at 13.56 MHz
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Depending on the system standard, the monitoring bracelet can also be used to make cashless payments or as a season ticket.
