Lifeguard Shortage Delays Opening of Liberty Lagoon

Beach Season in NYC is Just Beginning. For New Lifeguards, It Began Months Ago.

This story first appeared in our free weekly summer newsletter, Summer & THE CITY. Sign up here.Summer unofficially kicks off Memorial Day weekend with the opening of New York City’s public beaches, with hundreds of lifeguards deployed to 14 miles of shoreline.For new lifeguards, the work to don the orange uniforms began months ago on pool decks across the city. And the process for working at beaches (and at public outdoor pools when those open …

Lifeguard shortage delays opening of Liberty Lagoon

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — BREC's Liberty Lagoon Water Park will not be opening on Memorial Day weekend. The opening delay is due to a shortage of certified lifeguards. BREC says the park will open when they are able to reach appropriate staffing levels. "This decision was not made lightly," said Corey Wilson, BREC Superintendent. "The safety of our guests is always our top priority, and we cannot open the facility until we have a full…

There aren't enough lifeguards to open Liberty Lagoon in Baton Rouge this weekend, BREC says

BREC won't be able to open the Liberty Lagoon Water Park on Lobdell Avenue in Baton Rouge on Memorial Day weekend, due to a shortage of certified lifeguards, the agency said. It hopes to open the park as soon as possible, it said.

A few weeks from the summer season, the community of communes of the Portes de Vassivière desperately seeks lifeguards. In Haute-Vienne, as elsewhere in France, the shortage of staff endangers the opening of municipal basins.

Liberty Lagoon will not open Memorial Day weekend due to 'lifeguard shortage'

BATON ROUGE - Liberty Lagoon Water Park will not have its traditional Memorial Day weekend opening because BREC has been unable to hire enough lifeguards.