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Lifeguard Systems, Inc. — 36+ Years of Operational Training Excellence.

ABOUT LIFEGUARD SYSTEMS

Founded in 1989, Lifeguard Systems, Inc. is the culmination of a life's work and the dedication to creating a safer world in the realms of Water Rescue and Public Safety Diving.

In the 21st century, Lifeguard Systems has taken large leaps in many different areas. Public safety divers and surface water rescue personnel can now take any of 25 different programs that are of the highest standard world-wide.

Fire Engineering / Pennwell Publishing published Surface Ice Rescue, Public Safety Diving, and Ice Diving Operations. Lifeguard Systems founded RIPTIDE, a nonprofit organization devoted to homicidal drowning investigation and research, recovery operations, and public safety diver and water rescue technician accident prevention.

1,500+

Students Per Year

300+

Public Safety Agencies

20+

Articles Published Annually

ABOUT LIFEGUARD SYSTEMS

In any given year, Lifeguard Systems:

Teach over 1,500 students comprising over 300 different public safety agencies

Publish over 20 articles

Speak at public safety and dive shows

Serve as expert legal witnesses for diving related problems

Assist with underwater recovery operations by phone and on actual sites

Assist with Homicidal Drowning Investigations with our nonprofit organization RIPTIDE

Test and help design water rescue and recovery equipment

Manage the wateroperations on-line discussion group

Produce the RIPTIDE water operation E-zine

Write letters to help water operation teams convince decision makers to get them the standards, training and equipment they need

Are always ready to answer questions by phone about any water related topic — and if we don't know the answer, we help you find someone that will

INSTRUCTOR TRAINING

Beyond the training of Headquarter instructors, Lifeguard Systems started teaching ten-day Phase 1 Public Safety Diver Instructor Training Courses to certify those that were not able to do the long HQ internship programs. This ITC is the highest standard public safety diver instructor training course in the industry.

Our Instructors are certified dive instructors, members of dive teams, EMT's, law enforcement and fire instructors, authors and public speakers. The 1996-7 Our World Underwater Scholar, Craig Nelson, worked with us full time for two years to help us write more books and teach more programs.