Aquatics Membership

Parking is on a first-come basis as spaces are available. Membership does not guarantee a parking space.

Private locks are allowed for day use only.

Family/handicap access changing room areas are available on the Women’s Locker Room side next to the Pool Office.

During Family Swim, parents/guardians may enter either changing area to assist with young children and for supervision. There is also a family changing room available next to the Aquatics Director’s office.

Please dry off in the shower area to limit the amount of water on the locker room floors.

Eating and drinking is not allowed in the locker room area or on the pool deck.

Phone Use is NOT allowed inside the locker room.

Members must be fully dressed upon exiting the locker room areas.

The Brigham Center is not responsible for any items lost or stolen from the locker area or office.

Swimming is allowed only when a Certified Lifeguard is present.

Massachusetts law requires that a cleansing shower be taken before entering the pool.

Proper swimwear is required at all times. No jeans, cut-offs, or shorts are allowed.

Bathing caps must be worn by members with hair past their chin for lessons, regardless of gender. Any hair that is shoulder length or longer must be tied back at all times.

Non-toilet trained children must wear tightly fitting swim diapers; no regular diapers are allowed in the pool per the Health Department.

No running, pushing, or inappropriate behavior is allowed in the pool area.

Children age 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult who is suited up and in the pool during family swim.

Children age 13 and up are allowed to swim while a parent/guardian is present on the bleachers during family swim.

Diving is prohibited in the shallow end of the pool.

Children must be proficient deep-water swimmers to be in the deep end of pool during children’s open swim, and must be accompanied by an adult in deep end during family open swim, regardless of swim proficiency. Lifeguard reserves the right to qualify a child as a deep-water swimmer.

Forward diving only in deep water; no front or back flips are allowed.

Children are not allowed to play on ladders, pool steps, or handicap lift.

Adults are required to directly supervise their children while in the pool area. The lifeguard’s primary responsibility is for the overall supervision and safety of the pool area and all members in it; parents/guardians are responsible for behavior management.

The lifeguard reserves the right to ask any swimmer to leave the pool for violation of rules and regulations stated here, as well as any infraction they deem unsafe or inappropriate in the pool area. The lifeguard’s decision is final.

Eating and drinking are not permitted in the pool area except for nursing/bottle feeding of infants.

Tiny Tot Program will be held on holidays and school vacation when the center is open.

Private and Semi-Private Swim Lesson Cancellation: There will only be one make-up or change in appointment per session. There will be no refunds for scheduled lessons that are missed.

Children’s Weekly Group Swim Lessons are automatically canceled on days when Pittsfield Public Schools are closed. This includes snow days, holidays, and school vacations. THERE WILL BE NO REFUNDS OR PRO-RATING FOR MISSED LESSONS.

Thunder & Lightning Storms: All members and facility staff should be cleared from the water and the pool deck immediately at the first sounding of thunder or the first sighting of lightning. Everyone should go into the locker room area. Members and staff should not re-enter the pool deck until 15–30 minutes after the last sounding of thunder, or the last sighting of lightning at the direction of the Aquatics staff. Members should call ahead in the event of a thunderstorm or snowstorm to see what time the programs will resume in the pool or if the pool is closed.

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