Category: Safety

While children are off from school for Labor Day, many may be spending the holiday by the pool. A Roanoke lifeguard is offering tips and signs to watch out for while swimming. https://youtu.be/w21F215Yh74

Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego’s Mary Beth Moran discusses the importance of designating a “water watcher” when at a swimming pool or beach to ensure an adult is always watching children in the water.

While new parents have their hands full changing diapers and taking care of the new addition to their family, experts suggest they also consider Infant Self-Rescue swim lessons. The program teaches babies how to save themselves if they accidentally fall into a body of water. See News4Jax

This is what most of my days working as a pool manager looked like during the amazing summer of 2016.

I fell out of my boat and had to rescue myself. Not a big deal, it happens a lot, but I caught this one on camera and thought it might be interesting to talk through.

New public pool to give children in rural community access to swim lessons

Seven days a week, the Clearwater Beach Patrol scans the Gulf Coast waters for swimmers in trouble. Perched on six lifeguard towers along Clearwater Beach, the Beach Patrol staff’s daily duties range from rescuing bathers in distress to CPR and first aid for beachgoers. SkyFOX Drone pilot John Wright and chief photographer Rick Hardman joined…