As many Americans continue their Fourth of July festivities this weekend along our nation’s beaches and coastlines, lifeguards are reminding swimmers and land-goers alike of important, easy tips to ...

There are plenty of people who ensure that summer in Hampton Roads is safe for residents and visitors alike. But while many of these men and women — from police officers to firefighters to EMS ...

No day is average on Volusia County beaches. Lifeguards such as Sara Monette must be ready for circumstances to change in a second, like what happened a couple of months ago. Monette, a senior ocean ...

Brooklyn: Re “The big plus = more lifeguards” (editorial, Aug. 27): It is admirable that the state and city are funding a new outdoor swimming pool for use in the summer season (to cool off), and will ...

Brooklyn: As another summer season is upon us, the NYC Parks Department is once again taking advantage of the people of Coney Island and South Brooklyn by not supplying any lifeguards on the beach for ...

Beach season began Saturday with 280 lifeguards, well short of what the city needs, amid a yearslong staffing shortage. But more will come by summer’s peak. By Alyce McFadden Wesley Parnell and Sean ...

Lifeguards are taking more preventative measures to attempt to decrease the amount of rescues Attendance at guarded beaches has, for the most part gone up, but the amount of rescues has stayed ...

TONIGHT AT 640. AND YES, WE ARE SO CLOSE. SO CLOSE. SUMMER IS ALMOST HERE. OH YES IT IS. BUT BEFORE WE CAN SPEND OUR ENTIRE DAYS LOUNGING IN THE POOL OR AT THE BEACH, MASSACHUSETTS NEEDS TO STAFF THEM ...

A shortage of lifeguards on Volusia County's beaches is not a local problem. It's national, says Volusia County Beach Safety and Ocean Rescue Director Andy Ethridge. "It's a serious thing, especially ...

Lake Michigan is the deadliest lake in America, statistics show. Yet, there are no lifeguards at 99% of our state's public beaches, all while coastal towns rake in hundreds of thousands of dollars in ...