“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” — John C. Maxwell Last month we kicked off American Pool’s lifeguard recruiting season at our annual Recruiters Summit. Our Guard for Life program is responsible for hiring over 7,000 domestic lifeguards throughout the U.S. every summer. More than half [...]
Owings Mills, Maryland — American Pool’s Guard for Life program trained 2,110 new American Red Cross Lifeguards in 2017. In recognition of this achievement and valued partnership with the American Red Cross, the company was presented with plaques for being in the top ten percent of lifeguard training providers. The Red Cross presented additional honors [...]
The 2018 Staffing & Recruiter Summit Baltimore, Maryland — American Pool’s Guard for Life program kicked off the 2018-2019 lifeguard recruitment season at our annual recruiting summit on October 2-3. Our lifeguard recruiters come from all over the country to learn how to seek out the “Bold and the Recruitable,” the outstanding lifeguards that make [...]
Each summer our guards spend long hours working in the sun protecting swimmers at the local pool. It’s no easy feat, but summer could not go on without them! We know that our guards deserve recognition, and we decided to give them a whole week of it! Lifeguard Appreciation Week is a week long series [...]
American Pool was founded in 1984 and has since grown to become the largest commercial swimming pool management, maintenance, construction and recreational facility management operation in the United States. For over 30 years we have provided top notch construction, repair, and maintenance experience to our customers. One aspect of our company you may be unfamiliar [...]
At American Pool we have provided over 10,000 CPR and AED certifications over the years, and to this day we continue to stress the importance of emergency preparedness and safety training. On Thursday, March 30, our experienced Red Cross instructors from American Pool Edison and Berlin, NJ operations taught a CPR and AED class to [...]
While your patrons may be concerned with everything else you've done to your facility, pool management should treat lifeguards as a top priority.
One of the most important pool management responsibilities is ensuring that lifeguards are properly trained and certified.
Avoid closing a pool because of lifeguard shortages by working with a pool company that provides trained and certified lifeguards.
A professional pool company interviews, hires and staffs lifeguards for pool facilities, which allows pool managers to focus on other tasks at hand.
