DennisS
Contributor
Dania Beach, is proposing contracting of their lifeguard services to the same company that does Hallandale Beach-------No going past the buoys! It's a money saving idea not a safety idea. They want to replace their city lifeguards with a contracting company. Some of the Dania lifeguards are paramedics and EMTs, they would be replaced by $10 an hour guards with a cpr card.
Dania's beachgoers are concerned because Ellis' company policy is to keep all swimmers within boundaries that are designated by buoys.
They say the beach attracts pier fishermen, scuba divers, surfers and others who spend time outside those boundaries.
At a workshop in August, Jeff Ellis explained that to save lives at Dania's beach, swim zones would be designated so that lifeguards can reach their victims within three minutes using water scooters and rescue boards.
He said that lifeguards would not leave their zones unattended to save
someone who was not following the rules.
"We are going to do everything in our power to not let anyone swim outside of the zones," said Bethany Gilley, a swimming program manager
with Jeff Ellis & Associates.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/lo...0,5166253.story
That really gets me angry, I moved to Dania so I could be 5 minutes from a good shore diving spot. Now some company from texas is roping off the ocean to make it easy for their contracted lifeguards.
Mayor Ann Castro acastro@ci.dania-beach.fl.us
Vice Mayor Patricia Flury pflury@ci.dania-beach.fl.us
Commisioner Robert Antonbanton@ci.dania-beach.fl.us
Commisioner John Bertino jbertino@ci.dania-beach.fl.us
If you like diving off of Dania and want to continue to do so I suggest you let these people know how you feel.
Dania's beachgoers are concerned because Ellis' company policy is to keep all swimmers within boundaries that are designated by buoys.
They say the beach attracts pier fishermen, scuba divers, surfers and others who spend time outside those boundaries.
At a workshop in August, Jeff Ellis explained that to save lives at Dania's beach, swim zones would be designated so that lifeguards can reach their victims within three minutes using water scooters and rescue boards.
He said that lifeguards would not leave their zones unattended to save
someone who was not following the rules.
"We are going to do everything in our power to not let anyone swim outside of the zones," said Bethany Gilley, a swimming program manager
with Jeff Ellis & Associates.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/lo...0,5166253.story
That really gets me angry, I moved to Dania so I could be 5 minutes from a good shore diving spot. Now some company from texas is roping off the ocean to make it easy for their contracted lifeguards.
Mayor Ann Castro acastro@ci.dania-beach.fl.us
Vice Mayor Patricia Flury pflury@ci.dania-beach.fl.us
Commisioner Robert Antonbanton@ci.dania-beach.fl.us
Commisioner John Bertino jbertino@ci.dania-beach.fl.us
If you like diving off of Dania and want to continue to do so I suggest you let these people know how you feel.