Lifeguard <br />Shortage Is , a Real Issue <br />This Summer.<br />A significant lifeguard shortage is being reported all over the country as temperatures rise.<br />The shortage means that beaches may be unstaffed and public pools may remain closed.<br />In some areas such as <br />Cincinnati, fewer than <br />half of the city's public <br />pools are currently open.<br />It feels like a problem that <br />is unsolvable, Jim Tarantino, Milwaukee County Parks, <br />via 'The New York Times'.<br />We’re as devastated as the community is, Jim Tarantino, Milwaukee County Parks, <br />via 'The New York Times'.<br />COVID precautions and a low unemployment rate have left summer job seekers looking elsewhere for work.<br />It’s the worst we’ve ever seen it, Bernard J. Fisher II, American Lifeguard Association, via 'The New York Times'.<br />If we don’t keep training new lifeguards all summer, it’s going to be a long time before we get out of this, Bernard J. Fisher II, American Lifeguard Association, via 'The New York Times'.<br />Organizations in some cities are offering signing bonuses, paid training and up to $18 an hour.<br />We’ve been on the news, we’ve been on social media, we’ve been on the radio, Larry Barabino Jr., New Orleans Recreation Development Commission, via 'The New York Times'.<br />The challenge for some youth is, will the ability to walk to their neighborhood swimming pool <br />be there?, Larry Barabino Jr., New Orleans Recreation Development Commission, via 'The New York Times'.<br />And the answer is no. They won’t have the ability to swim <br />every day, Larry Barabino Jr., New Orleans Recreation Development Commission, via 'The New York Times'.<br />With canceled swim lessons and shuttered pools, supervisors worry about the increased risk to swimmers' safety.<br />It’s 100 degrees in Texas. If they don’t come to their lifeguarded neighborhood pool, they will find a body of water somewhere, Aaron Levine, Aquatics Supervisor in Austin, <br />via 'The New York Times'
