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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The coaches are all certified lifeguards and pool operators.[/quote]

This is us also.  Coaches must be pool operators and lifeguards to hold morning practices at our pool. [/quote]

That’s not enough according to the health department. Pools must “Provide a ready-to-rescue lifeguard at all times, including for swim team practices”. This means a lifeguard with a rescue tube and CPR masks sitting in a chair, not coaching swim team.[/quote]

I think you are making a stink about nothing.

There are some cases where the pool’s insurance only kicks in if a guard is in the chair, but that is rare.

Inspectors have never dinged anyone for not being in the chair. Inspectors are also food inspectors who inspect restaurants 40 hours per week. Then in the summer they add about 40 pools and 20 pool snack bars each. It used to be they were required to come 1x a month between May and September to inspect all of their pools. Something has clearly changed, because aside from the opening season inspection, I know of a few pools that have only seen an inspector 3-4 times combined during the last 6 seasons. [/quote]

Accidents happen. With 10 or more kids per lane coaches cannot see everything.   Some of the teens are probably lifeguards but usually they are in their own lane swimming so they cannot see.   Good practice is one or two lifeguards.  [/quote]

What might be a good practice is not required or enforced. [/quote]

Families need to leave those pools then.  We left a pool where we had safety, leadership and coaching concerns. [/quote]

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