National Lifeguards are highly skilled and trained individuals. To become a lifeguard you must be 15 years of age and have Bronze Cross and Standard First Aid certifications. See the chart below for the progression.
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"Whomsoever you see in distress, recognize in him a fellow man" is the traditional English translation of the Lifesaving Society's Latin motto Quemcunque miserum videris hominem scias, from a play by 1st-century Roman philosopher (and tutor to Nero) Lucius Annæus Seneca.