Lifeguard shortages closed thousands of pools and beaches during the COVID-19 pandemic, when social distancing requirements disrupted training and rising wages lured some workers to other summer jobs.

The United States, you may have heard, is in a lifeguard shortage. The city of Houston is offering new lifeguards a $500 bonus. Jackson, Mississippi, is raising lifeguard pay by more than 40 percent.

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She’s been swimming against the tide her whole life — and she’s not stopping now. The Big Apple’s first female chief lifeguard is calling on the city to do more to keep beachgoers safe — claiming it’s ...

At 12.30pm, Lifeguard Mike Whitaker was alerted to two paddleboarders before they had entered the water at Cranfield Point.