‘We are running on fumes’: Lifeguards in demand amid nationwide shortage
Since she was a teenager, Nellie Cazares says, lifeguarding has been part of her summer routine: the early mornings, the rescue boards, umbrellas and megaphones, the constant emphasis on training.
Around the Bay Area and across the country, people who run public swimming facilities desperately want to find more Nellie Cazares. But it’s an uphill battle. More than one-third of the public pools in the U.S. are affected by a national lifeguard shortage, according to the American Lifeguard Association.
Officials at the East Bay Regional Park District, which boasts 13 swimming pools, beaches and lagoons, are not experiencing the shortage first-hand because six out of the 13 swimming facilities are closed currently due to renovations and low water levels. But the hiring challenges persist. During the pandemic, the swim teams in local high schools were not in training. As a result, lifeguard recruiters lost a key source of candidates, DeQuincy noted.
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