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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

After the Paris Olympics began in late July 2024, a meme went viral making fun of the notion that professional lifeguards are present at Olympic swimming events, calling it the most "useless" job in ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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

Lifeguard shortages are leaving swimmers high and dry all across the country. Will Vermont ride the same wave once pools and beaches open in the coming weeks? New York and other large metro areas have ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Youth athletics and tutoring nonprofit LEAP is now looking to hire 40 swim instructors to help 800 ...

JaxParks is hiring lifeguards for the summer 2026 season with a starting pay of $15 per hour. The positions are open to applicants ages 15 and older at multiple pool locations throughout Jacksonville.

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 ...