For the third year in a row, a lifeguard shortage could cause thousands of pools to close or change hours this summer. MORE ⬇️
Wyatt Werneth, a spokesperson for the American Lifeguard Association and former chief lifeguard, told"GMA" that the profession used to carry more weight and is in need of renewed interest.
"We used to rely on people coming, enjoying the job and telling other people about it and coming back," Werneth said."We've missed a couple of years of that, so fast forward to today and there just isn’t the interest."The Houston Parks and Recreation Department announced the incentive for trained lifeguards who are willing to work all summer with the first $250 paid after completing two full weeks on the job and the remainder paid at the end of the summer.
"Your kids should have swim lessons, adults should know how to swim, how to intervene, what drowning looks like and how to do CPR," she said.Adam Katchmarchi, executive director of the National Drowning Prevention Alliance and an assistant professor in sport management at Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Indiana, Pennsylvania, agreed that avoiding blue swimsuits is one way to prevent water dangers like drowning.
1. Barriers and alarms, like fencing around pools and alarms on doors and windows that open to the pool so an adult is alerted when they're opened. 4. Life jackets are needed whenever"on or around open and natural bodies of water and when boating," according to the Alliance.
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