by Natalie Livingston | Apr 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
This is one of those letters that if I said it all out-loud it would probably include a lot of cussing. I’m mad, irritated, upset, confused, and sad at the blatant and ongoing disrespect for safety and consideration for operators when designing, proposing, installing,...
by Natalie Livingston | Apr 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
Anticipation vs. Discipline The idea of discipline has been talked about ad nauseam lately. The idea being when there is something you don’t want to do, and you do it anyway. I like the idea in my personal space as I understand there will not always be motivation to...
by Natalie Livingston | Mar 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
I am constantly on the hunt for ways to improve or increase effectiveness, and I’ve had my eye on the “Down Guard” position for awhile, so let’s start with some “Down Guard” background information. The “Down Guard” idea was generated out of safety and the ability to...
by Natalie Livingston | Mar 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
First, let’s start with the fact that the title of this article is the truth: some people DO splash and others DON’T when they are drowning. We have been able to review hundreds of videos of people in the drowning process and I want to start by making sure we are on...
by Natalie Livingston | Mar 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
We have seen a ton of break rooms / guard rooms in our days, I’d venture to say hundreds if not thousands. We have seen some amazing spaces and some not so amazing spaces, and we know everyone does not have the opportunity to visit other operations and take note of...
by Natalie Livingston | Jan 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
Hiring lifeguards has become a “hot topic” recently and I have some thoughts on it that may be a little outside of the box (shocker…lol!) Let’s start with a simple statistic. There are more people aged 15-24 (generalized typical lifeguard age) today in the world that...
by Natalie Livingston | Jan 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
Click Here to read part 1 where I outline some of the problems I see Aquatics Directors facing. Now, for part 2…some ideas on solutions or how we can address these issues. I’d like to give a disclaimer saying I don’t have all the answers but wanted to share what has...
