Serving the Community by Keeping the Waters Safe
Across U.S. communities, lifeguards are indispensable personnel who keep swimmers, bathers, and others in recreation safe. Beyond convenience, they are an absolute need at pools, lakes, and beaches. Drowning, which ranks among the most frequent causes of worldwide accidental deaths, can be first prevented, if at all, by lifeguards. However, an alarming, years-long shortage of…