UPDATED – Originally Posted April 28, 2016

There are a lot of exciting things going on in the Lifeguarding Community in 2016 & 2017! Industry changing products like the LIFE™ Rescue Tube with amazing LIFE GRIPS™ are taking hold. Lifesaving competitions are set to take place in Europe and in North America. In addition new technologies in social media and messaging have brought lifeguards and aquatic personnel closer than ever before. Many of these advances will be center stage and in use at upcoming lifeguard events.

In order to keep you updated on some of the exciting lifeguard and aquatic events happening in 2016, Lifeguard Times™ has put together a chart to keep you in the loop:

LIFEGUARD EVENTS 2016 & 2017

To find out more information about the above lifeguard events, click on the following associated links:

• YMCA General Assembly http://s15.a2zinc.net/clients/YMCA/GA2016/Public/Enter.aspx
• NPRA Annual Conference http://www.nrpa.org/conference2016/
• World Waterpark Association http://www.wwashow.org
• AOAP http://aquaticpros.org/
• NDPA http://www.ndpa.org
• Australian Surf Life Saving Championships https://sls.com.au/
• USLA Nationals http://www.usla.org/?page=NATIONALS
• World Life Saving Championships – Rescue 2016 http://www.lifesaving2016.com/
• World Conference on Drowning Prevention http://www.wcdp2017.org/

Do you know of additional events and/or activities that may be of interest to lifeguards? Please comment to share with our readers.

For an article about YMCA Lifeguards Adopting New LIFE™ Rescue Tube click here.

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