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Lifeguard station at Trunk Bay on Saint John. Equipment used by lifeguards will vary depending on the location and specific conditions encountered. Certain equipment is relatively universal such as a whistle for attracting the attention of the public or other members of the team, a first aid kit and rescue aids. Other equipment includes, but is ...
Los Angeles County Lifeguards is a division of the Los Angeles County Fire Department.The lifeguard operations safeguard 31 miles (50 km) of beach and 72 miles (116 km) of coastline, from San Pedro in the south, to Malibu in the north. [2]
The Seatack Station was notified and a joint effort commenced. The Jennie Hall was a complete loss, but with the efforts of the surfmen there were survivors. Four seamen from the Jennie Hall were saved by surfboat. For his efforts, John Woodhouse Sparrow from the Seatack Station was awarded the USLSS Silver Lifesaving Medal.
Kia ‘aina said many local families go to Kalama Beach and had been asking for a lifeguard station there. She swims there as well, and knows how rough it can be on certain days.
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AOL Jobs/AP -- A lifeguard from Vancouver, Wash., who rescued a 12-year-old in the surf at Rockaway Beach near Tillamook, Ore., was billed nearly $2,600. Seventeen-year-old John Clark is a ...
In the summer of 1912, [5] Lyman G. Haskell, a medical doctor in Jacksonville who also worked as the Physical Director of the YMCA, and Clarence H. MacDonald, Playground Director for the City of Jacksonville, conceptualized and founded a corps affiliated with the United States Volunteer Life Saving Corps at what was then called Pablo Beach ...
A volunteer lifeguard was key to his safe return, officials said, in a dramatic event captured on video by the U.S. Coast Guard. Kahiau Kawai, 17, had gone kayaking with his high school team at ...