HRES 1188
Expressing support for the work of open water lifeguards as first responders and emergency response providers.
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This resolution recognizes the vital role open water lifeguards play as first responders and emergency service providers. It highlights the significant risks lifeguards take to protect public safety in aquatic environments. The resolution acknowledges their diverse training, including emergency medical response and water rescue, and references instances where lifeguards have tragically lost their lives. It also calls for recognition of lifeguards as essential workers, particularly during public health crises.
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119th CONGRESS — 2d Session
H. RES. 1188
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
RESOLUTION
Expressing support for the work of open water lifeguards as first responders and emergency response providers.
Whereas open water lifeguards perform an essential function of protecting countless lives from death or serious injury;
Whereas these lifeguards do so at great risk to their own lives;
Whereas, in 2021, two lifeguards in the State of New Jersey lost their lives while performing their duty;
Whereas many open water lifeguards are cross-trained in emergency medical response, marine fire safety, law enforcement, and water rescue craft operations;
Whereas lifeguards respond and attend to victims, treat victims, assist victims, and transport victims, the 4 defined duties of a emergency response employee;
Whereas lifeguards not only protect life, but also property, evidence, and the environment, the 4 tenets which define a first responder;
Whereas many other countries recognize lifeguards as emergency responders, and grant them access to the programs to which first responders are entitled; and
Whereas during the COVID–19 emergency, open water lifeguards ought to have been considered essential workers
and given priority access to vaccinations: Now, therefore, be it