Lifeguard Systems website: Teamlgs.com has returned and been purged of the hacker’s grip.
We’re back! Thank you to everyone who reached out to let us know that our website had been hacked. We appreciate the help. A special thank you to our friend Mike for getting the site back in our hands and looking like us again. We are grateful. The Google and Printable Calendars have just been updated. Please continue to be patient as we update our news, training, and equipment posts.
TX-Andrea Zaferes and Butch Hendrick to present at Crimes Against Women Conference in Dallas, TX
INTERACTIVE: Aquatic Crimes Against Women (ACAW) Staged as Noncriminal Swimming Pool & Open Water Deaths – Andrea Zaferes, Walt “Butch” Hendrick, Tiffany Lee Andrea Zaferes, Walt “Butch” Hendrick, Tiffany Lee When investigators respond to a crime scene involving water, several questions are inevitable…. Is this an accidental drowning? Was she homicidally drowned? Is this a strangulation staged as a suicidal...
Swiftwater Surface Rescue Article – Catch Me If You Can by Butch Hendrick
Catch Me If You Can Some Basics On Moving Water By Walt “Butch” Hendrick The incredible force of unleashed moving water is one of the most awesome factors in our lives. Even those who understand it, view it in awe. Moving water seems to beckon to the human race, come play with me. The brave at heart yet often naive in skill, are all to quick to respond to her call of promised adventure. White water and flood waters move so...
Training is Key
Today’s Fire Rescue services are being tasked with more and more duties that require unique types of training, such as Haz-mat, confined space, vehicle extrication, and other specialties. Because drowning is one of the top causes of accidental death for children and adults worldwide, water is a major issue for all rescue service agencies. Just as Fire Rescue services have numerous, growing specialties, water has so many different...
What would Butch Do? – Everything you see is telling you a story. Are you listening?
Everything you see is telling you a story. Are you listening? Observation is the basis of feedback. I instruct you how to do something. Your feedback through my observation tells me whether I taught you successfully or not. How did students write down what we’re saying? What is the quality of their energy levels? Did we energize them to learn? What questions are they asking? Whether you are in teaching mode or not, consider that...
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
We are thankful for all of the First Responders! May you have a very Happy Thanksgiving Stay safe, be kind. From everyone at Lifeguard Systems