North Island Beach Rescue

Our Beach Rescue Club is for kids and youth aged 9-16. It is a team-oriented program focused on improving swimming abilities while building essential waterfront rescue skills.

Training sessions combine real-life rescue skills with games and activities designed to boost confidence, critical thinking, risk awareness, and overall fitness. Club members will also learn to compete in Lifesaving Sport events and hone skills necessary for future work in lifeguarding and emergency services.

All participants will need to meet a minimum physical fitness and swim standard to join.

Fall 2025 Practices: Mondays and Wednesdays 3:30-5:00 @ Kye Bay Beach

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Sample ActivitIes + Skills

First-Aid

  • CPR training

  • First-aid training and skill development

  • Communication and scene management

  • Responding as an individual vs. responding as part of a team

  • Victim recognition and response

  • Managing critical incident stress

  • Working and communicating with first-responders

  • Mock first-aid scenarios

Ocean

  • Swim workouts and stroke development

  • Treading water workouts + games

  • Aquatic rescue skill development

  • Manikan-tow races

  • Line toss and victim tow skill + relay

  • Entries and victim removals

  • Victim carry + tow techniques

  • Weighted brick retrieval and removal

  • Mock rescue scenarios

Beach

  • Soft sand running

  • Cross-training and core training

  • Intervals, circuits, body-weight exercises

  • Victim drags and carries

  • Beach flags (sand-based Lifesaving Sport game)

  • Hand signal + whistle communication

  • Use of lifesaving equipment

  • Beach games, ie. ultimate frisbee, soccer

  • Mock land-rescue scenarios