Lifeguards of San Diego County
Lifeguards of San Diego County

Author: Michael T. Martino

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738555867

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Lifeguards of San Diego County traces the origins of the nine professional lifeguard agencies that serve the public swimming, diving, and boating along the shorelines of San Diego County. Sporadic lifeguard service existed as early as 1906, but on a single day in 1918, thirteen people drowned at Ocean Beach. The drownings focused community and government attention on the need for consistent lifeguard services along San Diego County's beaches. Today there are more than 600 lifeguards from city and state agencies that serve San Diegans throughout the county. Here for the first time, the origins, experiences, and stories of these dedicated and most often heroic people are woven together into one volume.

HELP! San Diego Lifeguards to the Rescue
HELP! San Diego Lifeguards to the Rescue

Author: Michael T. Martino

Publisher: Sunbelt Publications

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781941384398

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This compelling, comprehensive, and very readable history of lifeguards along the San Diego Coast follows the evolution and acceptance of the need for public safety and the development of agencies to provide that service. The book chronicles the early pre-lifeguard years where citizens provided the aquatic rescues in bay and ocean. The narrative follows the implementation of private lifeguards at bathhouses along the coast, and finally the creation of the City's lifeguard service. From the ashes of tragic incidents has grown a dedicated professional service that sees its greatest gift being the ability to save another person's life. Examples of tragedies that lead to the growth of the service include: ‚ The death of a bathhouse lifeguard while making a rescue in 1913 paved the way for the implementation of the San Diego Lifeguard Service. ‚ The Ocean Beach Mass drowning May 5, 1918, which provided impetus for beach safety improvements, including more lifeguards.

El Niño Ready Nations and Disaster Risk Reduction
El Niño Ready Nations and Disaster Risk Reduction

Author: Michael H. Glantz

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-03-02

Total Pages: 393

ISBN-13: 3030865037

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El Niño can have drastic effects on livelihoods in affected regions. As the climate changes, there will also be changes in El Nino behavior and therefor in its impacts around the globe on human activities such as agriculture, water resources and weather extremes. The country-specific studies covered in this book are undertaken by experts on climate, water and weather-related fields in the countries being studied. Furthermore, aspects from other disciplines, for example from social sciences have been drawn upon in order to cover crosscutting themes which are identified: depicting similarities and differences in responses to El Nino's impacts such as drought, floods, famines, health-related issues and the like.