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 ...

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 ...

LYNDHURST, Ohio (WJW) — When you teach, there comes a moment when the light comes on — they get it. “It’s not only just seeing that their body is in the right position and seeing the joy in their face ...

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 ...

Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of swim season in Georgia, but a shortage of lifeguards threatens pool access ...

Two popular parks for swimming near Portland will have lifeguards beginning this weekend, and the ambulance service running ...

The Redding Aquatic Center was selected as 1 of just over 100 facilities nationwide for the American Red Cross Aquatics ...

City beaches are back open, though outdoor pools won’t open for another month. Here’s where things stand at the unofficial ...

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 ...