United States Lifesaving Association (USLA) participated in the earlier effort to create standards for the discipline that its president, Chris Brewster, called “back-country, experiential group leaders” (see attached position statement).

 

Related point:

  1. USLA annually polls its chapters for the number of rescues, drownings, and other statistical information reported by lifeguard agencies.
  2. This compilation is not a comprehensive list of all statistics generated by all beach lifeguard agencies, but the statistics of most major agencies are presented as public information on USLA’s Website at usla.org/Statistics/public.asp.