Lifeguards play a key role in ensuring a safe environment for swimmers at pools and public beaches. They are usually advanced swimmers who have received training through Red Cross or other swimming ...

In order to work as a lifeguard, you will need to hold a current lifeguard certification. You may be able to renew your lifeguard certification if it has expired and is still in the grace period.

Lifeguard shortages closed thousands of pools and beaches during the COVID-19 pandemic, when social distancing requirements disrupted training and rising wages lured some workers to other summer jobs.

As people flock to beaches, lakes and pools this Memorial Day to celebrate the unofficial start of summer, the swimmers are here – but the lifeguards aren’t. At least, that’s what some parks ...

The United States, you may have heard, is in a lifeguard shortage. The city of Houston is offering new lifeguards a $500 bonus. Jackson, Mississippi, is raising lifeguard pay by more than 40 percent.

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Over a decade ago, about 100 people showed up to apply for the two beach lifeguard positions available in Brevard County, Fla., said Wyatt Werneth, who was the chief lifeguard at the time. This year, ...

A bronze statue of a lifeguard is set to be installed on a beach to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the RNLI lifeguard service. Cornwall Council approved a planning application by the RNLI last ...