Shallow Water Blackout: A Swift & Silent Killer
If you’ve ever played a game of who can hold their breath underwater the longest, you probably were not aware of just how risky this behavior can be.
Are You Scanning Your Zone Properly?
Here are 10 quick tips to ensure you don’t miss a thing! Know Your Zone – Review what your zone has been validated for. This could be the whole pool if you work at a single guard facility, or a portion of the pool with overlapping zones if you work at a multi-guard facility. Proper Position – Make sure you are seated…
New Safety Auditing Program: What You Know Saves Lives
This summer has to be one of the most anticipated by both patrons and lifeguards. That’s because many pool guests are coming off a year with limited opportunities for recreation and fitness. How do we prepare our guard team to meet the challenge of so many swimmers who are out of shape and out of practice? How can our new…
Summer Design & Writing Contests!
This is your time to shine! Enter our summer lifeguard design & blog writing contest for the chance to win. This year, we will be running both a design and writing contest so you can choose the one most interesting to you! Our design winner will see their art featured on this year’s lifeguard appreciation t-shirts, social media, and more….
Opening Weekend Is Here!
Get Rescue Ready, Stay Vigilant, and Expect the Unexpected. Welcome to the beginning of summer 2021! We know you are excited to start the season and might be a little bit nervous too and that’s okay. Your training has prepared you for this! Just remember to use what you have learned from lifeguard class, brush up on your skills, and…
Here’s What to Expect from Lifeguard Training
Life feels anything but normal right now, but we plan on getting somewhat back to normal in 2021. At the same time, we are making a few changes to lifeguard training this year to help all of us adapt to a new environment. We learned a lot in 2020 about the way we teach, and the way you learn from…
Q&A: Lifeguarding During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This summer was unlike any other, and lifeguarding was no exception. With all the changes and alterations that businesses had to make to stay open, we couldn’t forget about the very people who made this summer possible: you! That’s why we recently sat down with one of our exceptional lifeguards, Andrew Wake in Virginia. We spoke to Andrew during a…
10 All-Too-Real GIFs Describing Lifeguard Stereotypes
If you spend your summers twirling a whistle and constantly smelling like chlorine, then you might find yourself or someone you know on this list. Take a look! 1. The Whistleblower via GIPHY No running! No splashing! No flips off the high dive! The Whistleblower, AKA The Rulebook, whistles first and asks questions later. That’s this person’s mentality, which…
13 Scary Water Movies to Watch During Spooky Season
Looking for a good scare this spooky season? Hold your breath and dive into one of these aqueous atrocities! 13. The Meg (2018) Rating: PG-13 A crew of marine biologists discovers a megalodon, thought to be extinct for over 2 million years. It’s a big shark. No, a REALLY big shark. And it’s very hungry. For people. You can see…
The Perfect Time to Reapply is Now!
If you had fun lifeguarding in 2020, then there’s really nowhere to go but up from here. Season after season, including this one, we heard so many first-time and returning lifeguards say they couldn’t wait to come back again. So, why even wait? The fall is the perfect time to start your rehiring process if you’re interested in guarding again…