Country Inn & Suites Southside Savannah

Observed emergency phone inoperable and unable to dial out or connect to the 911 operator. Observed the address of the facility not posted near the emergency phone.

RCA: An operable, hard-wired, conventional telephone line or continuous powered source, weatherproof emergency phone shall be permanently installed in a conspicuous location within the pool enclosure and must be readily available to bathers at all times. The emergency phone shall be capable of connecting to 911 and electronically transferring an automatic number identification and automatic locator identification of the pool emergency phone to the public safety answering point

Observed free chlorine levels below the 2.0 ppm minimum.

RCA: Free Chlorine level in pools using cyanuric acid or a stabilized chlorine product; Minimum 2.0 Ideal 2.0-5.0 Maximum 10.0

Free chlorine,ppm in pools not using cyanuric acid or a stabilized chlorine product; Minimum 1.0 Ideal 1.0-3.0 Maximum 10.0

Observed pH below the required minimum 7.2

RCA: pH shall be within 7.2 - 7.8

Observed no shepherd hook and pole on the pool deck. Upon further investigation, a shepherd hook and pole were found in the pool equipment room, but the pool was not of the required length. Observed a damaged ring buoy with no throwing rope attached.

RCA: A light, strong pole not less than twelve feet long including body hook. A minimum one-fourth inch diameter throwing rope one and one-half times the maximum width of the pool or fifty feet in length, whichever is less, to which has been firmly attached a ring buoy with an outside diameter of approximately fifteen inches or a similar flotation device which is U.S. Coast Guard approved.