FORMS & INFO FOR LIFEGUARDS
From: CHIEF Rich Borawski
Hello Lifeguards,
I hope everyone is healthy and enjoying the warm weather so far this spring! The Summer of 2025 is a few months away and as usual, click here for the 2025 forms. You must print out, complete, and personally bring the forms to the Civil Service Office in order to work.
Please read and take note of the following…
1- Unfortunately, parents of lifeguards cannot drop off forms to City Hall!
2- Lifeguards must submit the Health Care Waiver plus a copy of their health insurance card.
City cannot accept the returning forms without the signed waiver/card, nor can we use the copies from last year.
3-All lifeguards must also submit the new IT-2104 (State) & W-4 (Federal) tax forms which can be found on the city website. Civil Service will not accept the returning forms without the completed & signed tax forms! Please supply a copy of your social security card and photo identification as well.
4-All lifeguard forms and paperwork in its entirety are due to the Civil Service Office in City Hall by Friday,, May 23rd by 3pm…Civil Service office located on the 5th floor of City hall and open from 9am – 5pm weekdays.
Please be advised -ALL paperwork must be in to City Hall otherwise you cannot work!
5-All returning lifeguards from 2024 must take re-qualify test on Sunday, May 18th @ 7:30am.
Please report to Rec pool to complete 100 yd re-qualifying swim under designated time in contract! After swim, everyone will run 1/2 mile under designated time on the boardwalk. You must pass both in order to work the beach.
IMPORTANT – The 2025 medical physical form must be completed, signed, dated and turned in on the re-qualify day in order for you to be re-tested. Only lifeguards who have medical form” in hand” will get re-tested.
No medical form in hand…no re-test…No Exceptions!
If you are unable to attend on this re-test day, please notify me by e-mail by May 16th to explain your absence. Alternate re-test swim dates are available for those who might have a conflict.
These are the only alternative dates for you to be tested before we start full time... You MUST first contact me for the reason why you cannot make the original test date before I can set up an alternative re-qualify date! Once I know, we will then schedule your qualifying test to complete.
These are the alternative dates…MUST have a medical physical in hand for swim & run.
May 31st - 10am at Rec pool...one mile run to follow
June 7th - 10am at Rec pool...one mile run to follow
June 14th- 10am at Rec pool...one mile run to follow
June 28th - 10am at Rec pool...one mile run to follow
The beach opens on weekends beginning Saturday, May 24th. Full time employment begins on Thursday, June 19th. By contract, you are required to work all weekends prior to full time! Therefore, if you must request off during these weekends, you must have permission from the Chief and valid reasons by May 23. Only reasons that are contractually agreed upon are acceptable! Please be advised, requests for additional days off for 2025 summer other than your weekly days off are the sole discretion of the Chief/HQ administration if allowed! All requests when full time starts are to be written out and brought to HQ by you personally to be discussed for approval/disapproval. No emails are accepted!
**Note - No requests for ANY extra time off will be allowed after August 10 due to shortage of lifeguards leaving for school.
**If anyone is interested in working spring rope crew next month, please email me your interest. There is no part time rope crew work, must be able to work full time( usually 6 hour days). For those who have contacted me already about spring rope crew, no need to email me your interest. I will notify those who are selected for the spring rope crew by May 1st. Spring rope crew will start Thursday, May 8th.
Please, any questions, just contact me. I will gladly help in any way if I can!
Chief Borawski
Chief - Long Beach Lifeguard Patrol
516-431-1810
IMPORTANT DATES & INFORMATION
***PLEASE NOTE*** You MUST have valid Grade III and CPR cards in order to work! If your cards are not on file with the Beach Patrol, please bring them to Lifeguard HQ on Friday, May 23th 4pm-6pm. If both cards are not on file with the Beach Patrol and not up-to-date, you cannot work the beach!
2025 Medical Physical Forms must be UPDATED for the upcoming season! Expired medical forms(yearly physicals that are expired covering our working days) WILL NOT be accepted at swim test or to work! It is your responsibility to make sure your physical does NOT expire during summer or you will not be able to work.
Lifeguard Information
May 24,25,26- First days of weekend work as well as distribution of clothing equipment, torps, and whistles.
June 1 - Rookie Test
June 19 - First day of full time work
June 30 - Junior Lifeguard Program starts on Mon & Tues 10:30am - 12:30pm
July 3 - Lifeguard picture at HQ 8:00am
Workplace Violence/Sexual Harassment/Blood Pathogen Training will be done online this summer, during preseason weekend work hours. This training must be completed by the first day of full time or you cannot work. Teachers will be allowed to submit their GCN Training certifications(only if the dates of these certifications included the summer months of lifeguard work). More details to follow.
Long Beach Lifeguard InterCrew Volleyball Championships - TBA
Long Beach Lifeguard InterCrew Olympics - TBA
Grade III & CPR Recertifications - TBA
Any other suggestions/ideas to make the patrol the best place to work in the summer, please email me or stop me on the beach!
Looking forward to another FANTASTIC summer!
Chief Borawski