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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- As people kick off the summer by flocking to beaches, lakes and pools, the swimmers are here - but the lifeguards aren't. At least, that's what some parks departments and ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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, ...

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 ...

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.

The City of Fredericktown, which is an equal opportunity employer, announced that it is accepting applications for lifeguards ...

New lifeguards earn $22 per hour, plus a $908 training payment. The lifeguard qualifying test must be taken by the end of ...

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 ...