Marine Safety Sergeant
CurrentSupervises seasonal, prioritizes and assigns work; conducts performance evaluations; ensures staff is trained; and makes hiring, termination, and disciplinary recommendations. Assists in planning, organizing, implementing and controlling day-to-day lifeguard operations. Performs preventative actions, such as safety warnings, beach closures, patrols, and maintenance of rescue equipment; monitors weather conditions (i.e., tidal, storm, flooding, heavy surf, etc.); monitors coastal and beach environment for hazards; removes hazards; maintains beach towers. Performs safety interventions and effects rescue in the surf, open ocean, river/stream, underwater, and on beaches, cliffs, roadways, or maybe called to urban or residential areas, which include determining if intervention is required; making rescues; routing victims to secure locations; determining if the back-up is required; administering first aid and medical assistance, and performing other related tasks. In the absence of higher-ranking Marine, Safety Supervisors assumes command functions of Incident Command System (I.C.S.). Responds to requests for information from the public and the media; enforces beach regulations; facilitates educational sessions related to beach and ocean safety issues; advises the public of codes, laws, rules, and regulations. Prepares and maintains logbooks, reports, and statistics related to daily, weekly, monthly, and annual activities. Drives and operates watercraft and four-wheel drive emergency vehicles to patrol and respond to water and other emergencies; works in conjunction with helicopter search and rescue; supervises, assists with, or performs swimming, repelling, paddling, and water lifesaving Operations to achieve water and cliff rescues; performs SCUBA underwater recovery; manages, assists with, or performs E.M.T. medical aid or C.P.R. as required. Assists with the development of divisional budget; monitors expenditures; purchases equipment and supplies for division.