ATLANTIC BEACH, Long Island (WABC) -- Summer is in full swing, which means more people will be hitting up New York's finest beaches and pools to soak up the sun. That's where the lifeguards come in ...

Audrey R. Giles receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and Transport Canada's Boating Safety Contribution Program. She is a member of the Canadian Drowning ...

With a group of storm clouds brewing on the horizon, Nick Lucado knows the drill. He gets out of the pool and joins his fellow junior lifeguards. He pulls on a shirt and wonders how long the delay ...

Class is in session several times a week at the Mt. Auburn pool. It is where the Cincinnati Recreation Commission is holding its first-ever Lifeguard Academy. The goal is to boost the number of ...

Public pools all over the country are facing lifeguard and staff shortages this summer. It's a problem that's been exacerbated by the pandemic. In Portland, Ore., pools are struggling to keep up.

Uvonne Walker and her 74-year-old mother, Brenda Sharpe, aren't swimmers. It's on Walker's bucket list to learn, she said, but she's not sure when or if that will happen. "I don't get in it," Walker ...

Edgar Castro won’t have the kind of resources that lifeguards do along Orange County’s coastline: The 29-year-old Mexican surfer won’t be able to rely on a network of other guards who have his back or ...

Boston has 47 miles of shoreline, defining our city as one of the most beautiful and vibrant coastal cities in the world. Decades ago, we went big and bold, investing billions of dollars in the ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Every year, hundreds of Canadians drown in avoidable water-related incidents . Gaps in swimming lessons, lifeguard shortages and climate change may make water-based ...