About TeamLGS

THE DIFFERENCE

Real life training for Real life water operations

WHY TEAMLGS?

The name of the game is when the operation is over, YOU can go home.

Thank you for inquiring about our surface rescue and public safety diving rescue/recovery training programs. We have a written guarantee that if we do not make your team appreciably better than they are now, we will return our training fee. In twenty-five years of training dive teams in over 15 countries, no team has ever used this guarantee. We have over a 90% repeat-customer rate, and the teams who give us the most praise are the ones previously trained by two or more other training companies.

The typical response from our students is "I learned more in one day with you than I learned in 3 days from..."

We have the highest standards in the industry in both our procedures and training requirements. We guarantee it.

INSTRUCTORS & EQUIPMENT

Our Instructors

We typically bring 2 to 5 Trainers per program. Most other companies bring one or maybe two trainers who may not carry their own insurance.

Each of our Instructors had to complete a four year internship, assisting in at least 40 programs, and complete a 150-hour instructor course, before they were certified to teach for Lifeguard Systems. They have plenty of experience working with all different kinds of environments, teams, and problems.

We do this full time, not part time. We not only train but also respond to water rescues/recoveries in our local areas and when water emergencies occur in a training location. Lifeguard System trainers are members of police and sheriff departments, EMS squads, and fire departments. We do what we teach. That's how we know it works.

Our Equipment

We bring lots of equipment. For diving programs, divers are requisitioned pony bottles, pony regulators, quick-release pony harnesses, diver harnesses, tether lines, contingency straps, carabiners, shear holders and shared equipment such as OTS hardwire communication systems and Interspiro Divator AGA masks.

During surface ice rescue classes, students get plenty of dynamic hands-on practice with ice rescue suits, ice awls, ice poles, MARSARS ice boards, rescue retriever systems, throw bags and much more.

Certifications

Our Instructors are noted authors, award winners, program designers, and team officers, and are certified to teach under such organizations as ACUC, NAUI, PADI, ARC, DAN, and NASAR.

COURSE STANDARDS

Diving Programs

Minimum 3 1/2 days, providing over 32 hours of intense instruction
Minimum 3 successful search dives plus two u/w contingency exercises; typically over 100 search dives completed
Divers and Tenders can obtain tender certification
We supply pony bottles, regulators, quick-release harnesses, OTS comms, AGA masks & specialty gear
Blackwater search items: carabiners, knives, mannequins, and quarters
Documentation of every diver move, every time
Dress time under 3 minutes. Rollover time under 2 minutes
ACUC, NAUI, or PADI Certification for divers; ACUC for tenders

Surface Programs — Ice & Water

No manufacturer demonstrations — learn by doing, not by watching
8-12 hours of hands-on training in a two-day program, plus 6-8 hours of classroom
Learn how to use equipment you can afford, including equipment you already have
Awareness, Operational, Technician, and Specialist certification for each type of water rescue

ALL OUR PROGRAMS

We provide the "why" for everything we teach.

The mission for every program is rescuer safety — you need to go home when the job is done.

Each course provides enough material to write an effective, safe SOP/SOG for your department.

We run a community based program. We train local EMS and local hospital emergency department personnel to make sure they know how to recognize and handle dive and drowning accidents — at no extra charge. We can provide local police with a lecture on homicide by drowning — at no extra charge. We file for EMS continuing education credits if students need it — at no extra charge.

We teach teams about liability and how to keep themselves as safe as possible. We teach them how to write standards and keep paperwork to help ensure the town cannot turn its back on an injured team member.

FREE SERVICES AFTER TRAINING

Team captains call us for advice on conducting drills and then call us after the drills for a debriefing

Teams call us during actual rescues for advice

Teams call us any time they need to purchase gear, boats etc. for our consulting advice

We write letters to help teams and team members who are having difficulties with media, officers, or others who do not understand water operations

We answer all types of questions months and even years after a program — at no charge

We review SOPs — at no charge

PROVEN TRACK RECORD

Our teams have records of successful long term drowning rescues — Fire, Law Enforcement, EMS, Military, Coastguard.

We trained New York City Fire Department Rescue Dive Team companies from entry level to Instructor. We similarly trained Washington DC FAA and Fire Dept. We train US Parks Department dive and surface teams around the country. We did three programs for the South Africa Paramedic National Dive Team. Our team members were the winners of the Viking Dry Suit Rescue Diver Award for the last three awards.

FREE TRAINING FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT

We charge a flat fee per program. Depending on how many outsiders you put in your program, your department can not only be trained for free, but your department can raise funds from the program. Your department collects all the money — registration fees are made out to your department, not Lifeguard Systems. Some teams raise over $2,000 annually in addition to training their members for free!

We help you fill the program by advertising the program on our calendar, by providing you with promotional material, and by sending you mailing addresses of potential course students.

Students can purchase equipment at reduced cost.

There are over thirty Lifeguard Systems public safety water rescue/recovery programs, which are all customized to meet the needs of your department. We also have a full line of rescue equipment that students can order at reduced cost.

Please give us a call, so we can discuss what Lifeguard Systems can do for your team and department. We look forward to hearing from you.