Chris Lewis, who’s 74, started working on the Dorset resort when he was 16, that means he has been coming to assistance from guests and native swimmers for 58 years.
He discusses how a lot he enjoys lifeguarding, and the rigorous health assessments required, RNLI lifeguards should full a 400-metre pool swim in lower than 7.5 minutes, the primary 200 metres of which should be executed in beneath 3.5 minutes. They need to do a 25-metre pool swim.