Lifeguards start training today - 2004-02-21
Intense training starts today to ready Pensacola Beach lifeguards for the occupied tourist season.
On March 1, West plans to launch lifeguard towers at Casino Beach, Park East and Fort Pickens. If surf is rough, West may concentrate manpower at Casino Beach.
West has 22 returning lifeguards and plans to employ 11 additional ones in April. To qualify, the lifeguards must possess a Red Cross Lifesaving Certificate; have to run 1.5 miles in less than 12 minutes; and have to swim 600 yards in 10 minutes.
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