Lanzarote Lifeguard
Here to help
About us
Dedicated to the teaching and training of water safety and rescue
Lanzarote Lifeguard was established in 2011 with a view to educating local people in the skills needed to save a life.
Our team is made up of watermen and women who share in the same passion, the water.
Lanzarote is a paradise island of sea, sand and surf but with this beauty there is also an underlying danger for people who simply have lack of understanding about open water. This includes swimming pools, lakes, rivers and quarries.
Over the past few years we have been able to educate not just the local population but also reaching many people all over the planet.
Paul Cardwell Hounam
RLSS UK instructor
From the UK Paul has many years experience in water safety and aquatic teaching. Starting very young Paul then 14 found himself volunteering at his local swimming pool as an assistent. Loving the job so much Paul continued to follow a path in Lifesaving and teaching with the ASA and RLSS UK.
At 16 he became an RLSS UK pool lifeguard and ASA swimming instructor. since then he has never looked back. Paul has an unquenchable thirst for lifeguarding and lifesaving and with a goal of becoming a beach lifeguard from a very early age realised his dream and became the coordinator for the red cross run beaches in Puerto Del Carmen. From teaching the RLSS UK rookie lifeguard scheme to open water swim coaching Pauls knowledge of the water and surrounding areas is incredible with other main rolls teaching Swimming, surfing, stand up paddling and many RLSS UK courses.
If you have any questions regarding Lifesaving and the sea give Paul a call and he will always be glad to help.
Anna Jinke Koetzier
RLSS UK instructor
All the way from Holland via main land Spain Jinke has a wealth of knowledge about water safety and the issues we face. Jinke Joined us at the tender age of 13. working her way through the RLSS UK rookie lifeguard scheme, excelling in all disciplines, Jinke then moved on to youth leadership award where she organised rookie club meetings and helped in the organisation of the Lanzarote music marathon kids races and Ocean Lava triathlon kids races.
At the age of just 16 Jinke chose to take a lead role in the Teaching of Lifesaving to the population of Lanzarote . she completed the RLSS UK national beach lifeguard award and also the RLSS UK rookie lifeguard instructor course with flying colours Her instructor from International lifeguard rescue commented on her ability as she is excellent with a full understanding of the courses taken and an attidude and maturity way beyond her years.
Jinke is a key part of our weekly RLSS UK rookie lifeguard sessions , through her own experience and knowledge she is able to clearly teach, guide and motivate the younger members of our community. We are very proud of Jinke and the work that she does.
Drowning Prevention
ADVICE
take advice
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The casual factors that lead to a drowning event and the Actions needed are:
- Lack of supervision (unsuitable or absent supervision)
ACTION : EDUCATE AND INFORM
- Uninformed, unprotected or unristricted access (Access to water without safety advice
ACTION: PROVIDE WARNING DENY ACCESS
- Inability to cope (Insufficient survival knowledge)
ACTION : INCREASE SURVIVAL SKILLS
- Lack of knowledge (Disregard or misjudgement of the hazards)
ACTION: PROVIDE SUPERVISION
SPOT
spot the dangers
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FRIEND
always go with a friend
EMERGENCY
learn how to help in an emergency
ARE YOU READY TO TAKE A CHALLENGE & LEARN A NEW SKILL