Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The New York Times story reported on lifeguards tasked with watching over the athletes, even someone as adept in the pool as ...

Being a real-life lifeguard involves more than anything seen on "Baywatch" or "Rescue." But how does one become a lifeguard, and are there differences between being a lifeguard at a neighborhood ...

The Youngstown Lifeguard Academy teaches teens from the city how to swim and then trains them to be lifeguards, keeping the city's last remaining public swimming pool staffed and safe. When Kevin ...

Always wanted to be a lifeguard but can’t swim? At public pools in Phoenix, Ariz., that’s not a problem — as long as you’re a minority. If you thought universities took affirmative action too far, you ...

May 25—Most swimming facilities are opening for the summer in the next few weeks, but all are continuing to struggle finding all the lifeguards they'd like to have. "We are always looking for more. It ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The ongoing lifeguard shortage across the country might have forced your community pool to shorten its hours, or close completely. To keep swimming pools open, a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LYNDHURST, Ohio (WJW) — When you teach, ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Youth athletics and tutoring nonprofit LEAP is now looking to hire 40 swim instructors to help 800 ...

ROCKAWAY BEACH, Queens (WABC) -- Lifeguards kept on duty for two extra hours under the NYC Heat Emergency Plan rescued a man in the waters off Beach 81st Street at Rockaway Beach on Thursday night.

Following two drowning deaths in the past week after lifeguards had gone off duty at Jersey Shore beaches, coastal town officials are again warning people to swim only on guarded beaches, as high rip ...

This article was originally published on July 16, 2025. When Kevin Tarpley was a young lifeguard in the ‘70s, the city of Youngstown had almost a dozen public swimming pools. “You had a pool on every ...