Putting lifeguards on every Brevard beach would take ‘significant budget increase,’ says county commissioner

Putting lifeguards on every Brevard beach would take ‘significant budget increase,’ says county commissioner

After two drownings this week, a Brevard commissioner says he’d be willing to raise taxes to put lifeguards on every beach in the county. The reality on most of the Brevard County coastline is there aren’t lifeguards to save someone in an emergency.Lifeguards year-round are only working at six of the busiest beaches.Tuesday, Cocoa Beach said a man and a woman from different states drowned almost a mile away from the nearest lifeguard tower at Co…