Can you swim 400m in under 7\u00bd minutes? Discover what it takes to become a Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeguard… <\/p>
Since it was founded in 1824, Royal National Lifeboat Institution<\/a> (RNLI) lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved over 144,000 lives.\u00a0In 2001, the RNLI introduced a beach lifeguard service to their already corageous offering.<\/p> Today, RNLI lifeguards patrol over 240 beaches<\/a> across the UK and the Channel Islands. 95% of their work is preventative \u2013 educating people about the dangers at the beach to help them avoid getting into trouble in the first place. <\/p> Nonetheless, beach rescues do happen and lifeguards have to be prepared. Each lifeguard must meet rigorous fitness standards, including completing:<\/p> Words: Laura Haslam, RNLI | Image: Ford Ranger in use by RNLI lifeguards at Fistral beach, Cornwall\/Credit Dean Wright<\/em><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n Can you swim 400m in under 7\u00bd minutes? Discover what it takes to become a Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeguard… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":32799,"template":"","categories":[1,27],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/11\/saving-lives-at-sea-super-fan-check-out-3-gruelling-fitness-tests-all-rnli-lifeguards-must-complete.jpg",2560,1709,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/11\/saving-lives-at-sea-super-fan-check-out-3-gruelling-fitness-tests-all-rnli-lifeguards-must-complete-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/11\/saving-lives-at-sea-super-fan-check-out-3-gruelling-fitness-tests-all-rnli-lifeguards-must-complete-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/11\/saving-lives-at-sea-super-fan-check-out-3-gruelling-fitness-tests-all-rnli-lifeguards-must-complete-768x513.jpg",768,513,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/11\/saving-lives-at-sea-super-fan-check-out-3-gruelling-fitness-tests-all-rnli-lifeguards-must-complete-1024x684.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/11\/saving-lives-at-sea-super-fan-check-out-3-gruelling-fitness-tests-all-rnli-lifeguards-must-complete-1536x1025.jpg",1536,1025,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/11\/saving-lives-at-sea-super-fan-check-out-3-gruelling-fitness-tests-all-rnli-lifeguards-must-complete-2048x1367.jpg",2048,1367,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Can you swim 400m in under 7\u00bd minutes? Discover what it takes to become a Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeguard...","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/32798"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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