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    612-822-4611

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612-822-4611
Daytona Beach Lifeguards

Daytona Beach Lifeguards

Light, Patti

Paperback

Series: Images of America

Travel GeneralGeneral PhotographyRegional: South

Publisher Price: $24.99

ISBN10: 0738566217
ISBN13: 9780738566214
Publisher: Arcadia Pub (Sc)
Published: Jan 1 2010
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.40 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

On May 22, 1931, the American National Red Cross issued its second charter for a life preserving organization to the Daytona Beach Red Cross Life Saving Corps.

Composed of 30 young men aged 17 to 26 and trained in lifesaving and first aid, this volunteer corps protected three miles of beach, compiling daily records of the number of bathers, weather, first aid, and rescues. The neighboring communities of Ormond Beach and New Smyrna Beach maintained their own lifesaving units, and Volusia County monitored the remaining coastline. By 1972, these four corps had united, and the Volusia County Beach Patrol became one of the nation's most highly trained surf lifesaving rescue units. Protecting 47 continuous miles of Atlantic coastline, which holds the dubious honor of the shark bite capital of the world, the Volusia County Beach Patrol welcomes 10 million visitors and performs an average of 3,000 rescues annually.

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