About Our Lifeguards
History
The county parks began staffing lifeguarded areas in 1976 on the beaches of Kiawah at Beachwalker Park. Charleston County Parks currently employs about 150 lifeguards working at 3 waterparks and about 50 lifeguards at 3 beach parks and the Folly Beach Fishing Pier. |
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Waterparks
Starfish Aquatics Institute is the certifying agency for Charleston County Park & Recreation Commission. Before each summer season begins, CCPRC acts as a training center for Starfish, instructing each of the lifeguards in the StarGuard curriculum. Full-time employees are Medical First Responders and Starfish Aquatics StarGuard Instructors. Seasonal Lifeguard Supervisors are offered the instructor class each spring before lifeguard training begins.
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Ocean Rescue
The United States Lifesaving Association (USLA) has been the certifying agency for the Ocean Access Parks Lifeguard Program since 1994.
Each of the full-time employees, lifeguard supervisors, and lifeguards are certified as Emergency Medical Responders. Our Ocean Rescue Lifeguards cover approximately one and a half miles of beach along 3 barrier islands in the Charleston area – Kiawah Island, Folly Beach, and the Isle of Palms.
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