Long Beach Fire Department
Junior Lifeguard Program

EVENTS WELCOME PICNIC This is a fun event for new (and returning) JG Families to come and meet the JG Team before the program starts. Stay awhile and picnic in the park, or just stop by and say hi! The JG Team will be answering questions about the summer program, selling JG LIFE apparel, and setting up some fun games for the JGs! Picnic location and details will be sent out to the JG families via email. FIRST DAY of JGs! It’s the day we’ve all been looking forward to! JGs are dropped off at Claremont & Ocean, and run down to be greeted by their instructors at JG Headquarters! JG Team members will have a booth set up near the drop off location, ready to answer any questions! Make sure your JG brings sunscreen, a towel, snacks, water, and a bag to carry everyday! ROGER COULTER RELAY To honor the legacy of Long Beach Lifeguard legend, Roger Coulter, this Intercrew Relay is held as a kickoff summer event that showcases the physical abilities of Long Beach lifeguards and JG Cadets. While this event is only for our Lifeguard and Cadet competitors, everyone is encouraged to come and cheer on each team! LBJG Classic This day is full of friendly competition for everyone! Each JG will compete in at least 3 events. Run-offs will be an all day event (10AM-3PM) and all JGs are encouraged to participate! Instructors use the run-offs results to determine who qualifies for the LBJG Regionals Competition Team! The Regionals Competition is an event that takes place each summer with other Junior Guards from up and down the coast. Swim Long Beach This event is one of the JG program's FUNdraising tools! JGs have exactly one hour to swim as many buoys as they can! Parents are welcome to cheer on participants from the sand. Make sure to complete your Buoy - A - Thon pledge sheet with names of those willing to donate and turn it in to your instructor before the deadline! Swim LB Page Catalina Trip The Catalina Trip is a yearly favorite of the A group and Cadets. The groups will be taken over to Two Harbors in Catalina on the Catalina Express. JGs will spend the day free-diving, snorkeling, and exploring. JG’s should bring lunch and some snacks for the day. This is a full day event (6AM-5PM) and more details will be provided as we get closer to the scheduled date. Pier Jump Fundraiser The Pier Jump Fundraiser is one of the biggest JG events of the summer! ALL JGs will have the opportunity to make the jump, but JG family members, siblings, and friends (over the age of 18) can donate to jump off Belmont Veterans Memorial Pier WITH their JG! There are 3 separate donation tiers available: $25: 1 jump with your JG! $50: 1 jump with your JG, & 2 Pier Jump shirts! $100: 1 jump with your JG, 2 Pier Jump shirts, & photo/video footage of the jump! Pier Jump Page Ironguard The final week of the program is marked by this challenging event! JGs and their supporters gather at 1st Place and race all the way to the end of the sand at 72nd Place. The course consists of 4 miles of running and 2 miles of swimming. Participants swim around 14 buoys plus all the way around the pier and run the distances between. Participants who complete the race in under 2 hours receive an event hat. A perpetual trophy for the boys & girls top finishers of the A, B and C divisions respectively was created in 2009. Ironguard Page

< Back Sabrina Zavala Junior Lifeguard Assistant Coordinator This is placeholder text. To change this content, double-click on the element and click Change Content. Want to view and manage all your collections? Click on the Content Manager button in the Add panel on the left. Here, you can make changes to your content, add new fields, create dynamic pages and more. Your collection is already set up for you with fields and content. Add your own content or import it from a CSV file. Add fields for any type of content you want to display, such as rich text, images, and videos. Be sure to click Sync after making changes in a collection, so visitors can see your newest content on your live site.

SWIM LONG BEACH Swim Long Beach is a buoy-a-thon where JGs will be given exactly one hour to swim as many buoys as they can. The goal is to swim the same distance as the perimeter of Long Beach! That's 82 miles! Not only is it a physically challenging event, but it is also an easy way for JGs to contribute to the overall well being of the program itself. Click here for a sponsorship form! Thursday, July 24th Details Each session will have 2 heats. Heat schedules will be posted during the summer. C groups are in the bay at Leeway. A and B groups are on the oceanfront! Date: Time: Location: Prizes The overall top 3 fundraisers win a prize bag & they get to pie their instructor! The JG in each age group that swims the most amount of buoys will get to pie their instructor The JG in each age group that raises the most amount of money will also get to pie to pier their instructor

PIER JUMP FUNDRAISER The Pier Jump Fundraiser is one of the biggest JG events of the summer! ALL JGs will have the opportunity to make the jump, but JG family members, siblings, and friends (over the age of 18) can donate to make the jump WITH their Junior Guard! Donations to the Pier Jump Fundraiser will go towards the Long Beach Junior Lifeguard nonprofit, a partner of the Long Beach Fire Department Junior Lifeguard Program. The nonprofit provides support to the JG program in the way of scholarships, additional equipment, and supplies! Donation Website Details 2026 dates tba TIME: Each group will be given a designated time slot. This is a regular session day so morning groups will jump between 9:00AM-12:00PM and afternoon groups will jump between 1:00-4:00PM LOCATION All JGs and participants will check-in at Termino Lifeguard Tower Limited street parking is available, or metered parking in the Belmont Veterans Memorial Pier Parking Lot (3998 East Allin St, Long Beach, CA 90803) EVERYONE will be dropped off and picked up from Termino on these dates How to Donate Three donation tiers: $25: 1 jump with your Junior Guard! $50: 1 jump with your Junior Guard, AND a Pier Jump t-shirt for yourself & your JG! $100: 1 jump with your Junior Guard, a Pier Jump t-shirt for yourself & your JG, AND photo/video footage of the jump! Pier Jump shirts will also be available to purchase for $25 each. There will be a swim test for donors on the day of your jump. Lifeguards at the swim test have the ability to cancel your pier jump if they do not feel you can swim safely back to shore. Donations are non-refundable and non-transferable. Sign-ups for each group will close the day before at 5pm If you have multiple children in a single age group, you will be able to jump together. Those who have Junior Guards in multiple age groups will have to make separate donations AND participate in the swim test each day. Safety SAFETY is number one. There will be water support from additional lifeguards, Junior Lifeguard Cadets, and Long Beach Lifeguard Marine Safety Staff Spectators will be asked to remain behind the designated coned area to allow enough space for participants and the JG Team We recommend having your Junior Guard stay for the full session on this day.

< Back Cpt. Omar Naranjo Junior Lifeguard Captain This is placeholder text. To change this content, double-click on the element and click Change Content. Want to view and manage all your collections? Click on the Content Manager button in the Add panel on the left. Here, you can make changes to your content, add new fields, create dynamic pages and more. Your collection is already set up for you with fields and content. Add your own content or import it from a CSV file. Add fields for any type of content you want to display, such as rich text, images, and videos. Be sure to click Sync after making changes in a collection, so visitors can see your newest content on your live site.

BEACH DAY New junior guards are invited to join us for an introduction to JGs! The goal of Beach Day is to give new JGs the opportunity to get comfortable swimming on the oceanfront prior to the first day of the summer program. DETAILS JGs will be in small groups of up to 10, assigned the day of the event All groups will check in across the bike path at 5400 E Ocean Blvd Groups will be assigned at check-in Instructors will walk groups across the street to Bayshore Beach where they will practice safe water entries/exits Once everyone feels comfortable, instructors will move groups to the oceanfront Additional instructors will be on the beach for support Parents are welcome to observe activities on the oceanfront but are asked not to interrupt instruction time *Registration is capped at 50 participants per session. Sign Up Here! WHEN & WHERE Session 1: Date: Saturday, June 6th Time: 10:00 AM- 12:00 PM Session 2: Date: Saturday, June 6th Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Please DO NOT RSVP for both sessions to leave space for other JGs to participate

< Back Devon Beebe Junior Lifeguard Coordinator This is placeholder text. To change this content, double-click on the element and click Change Content. Want to view and manage all your collections? Click on the Content Manager button in the Add panel on the left. Here, you can make changes to your content, add new fields, create dynamic pages and more. Your collection is already set up for you with fields and content. Add your own content or import it from a CSV file. Add fields for any type of content you want to display, such as rich text, images, and videos. Be sure to click Sync after making changes in a collection, so visitors can see your newest content on your live site.

CONTACT US Questions? Be sure to check out our FAQ page! FAQs You can also send an email using the form below. Send Success! Message received. Email is the best way to contact us. We are not always in the office. EMAIL ADDRESS LBJG@longbeach.gov OFFICE PHONE (562)536-7807 JG STATION 5374 E. Ocean Blvd Long Beach, CA MAILING ADDRESS 3205 Lakewood Blvd Long Beach, CA

IRONGUARD TOP FINISHERS 2025 A Group - Girls McKenna Rosenberg- 1:12.43 Kara Cohu - 1:1310 Sophia Newland - 1:18.00 B Group - Girls Emmylou Kennedy- 1:13.19 Claire Billish- 1:14.00 Katelyn Pearce- 1:19.04 C Group - Girls Azul Velasco- 1:27.40 Ren Aguado- 1:33.29 Marina Carney- 1:39.00 A Group - Boys Mit Muni- 1:01.55 John Green- 1:05.15 Aidan Conrey- 1:10.00 B Group - Boys Dean VanderWal- 1:10.36 Colin Shanedling- 1:13.10 Donovan Hughlett- 1:16.50 C Group - Boys Sean Daniels- 1:17.59 Jaxson Avila- 1:23.12 Ronan Rawson- 1:34.07 2024 A Group - Girls Natalia Pragale - 1:15:57 Elizabeth Aydin- 1:24:09 Mckenna Rosenberg- 1:24:50 B Group - Girls Kara Cohu- 1:18:20 Emmylou Kennedy- 1:23:20 Sophia Newland- 1:25:00 C Group - Girls Audrey Naranjo- 1:24:39 Zoey Amaro Vidrio- 1:29:02 Julianna Cavrikas- 1:31:00 A Group - Boys Mit Muni- 1:09:51 John Green- 1:13:03 Tyler Mattenson- 1:15:05 B Group - Boys Lucas Ramirez- 1:15:05 Brandon Waldenfels- 1:19:38 Aidan Conrey- 1:20:23 C Group - Boys Sean Daniels- 1:22:21 Ricky Cardenas- 1:30:19 Ayden Spjut- 1:30:20 2023 A Group - Girls Natalia Pragale - 1:23.10 Taylor Williams - 1:29.29 Grace Walker - 1:31.29 B Group - Girls Elliana Keegan - 1:20.00 Kara Cohu - 1:28.33 Abigail Billish - 1:32.00 C Group - Girls Emmylou Kennedy - 1:31.00 Lexa Stickney - 1:34.10 Brighton Gordin - 1:34.41 A Group - Boys Josh Lindner - 1:17.29* Tyler Mattenson - 1:19.01 David Gonzalez - 1:25.50 B Group - Boys Mit Muni - 1:18.32 Gabe Sison - 1:19.27 Aiden Greenwood - 1:22.45 C Group - Boys Dean VanderWal- 1:25.00 Donovan Hughlett - 1:37.00 Koa Aguado & James Spino - 1:44.00 * Current or former Long Beach Lifeguard

PHONE SUMMER PROGRAM DETAILS How to Be a JG The Long Beach Junior Lifeguard Summer Program offers students ages nine to seventeen instruction in lifeguard rescue techniques, first aid, ocean sports, physical conditioning, and marine ecology. This program gives students the experience they need for future careers as lifeguards or in various public service professions. All aspects of beach activity will be explored from running to skin diving. The program is presented in a manner that will enable students to participate to the best of his or her ability while learning new skills. We end each summer with the annual Ironguard event, a four mile run and two mile swim that shows students the progress they have made throughout the summer. REGISTRATION 6-week Program June 22nd - July 31st AM & PM Sessions Morning: 9am-12pm Afternoon: 1pm-4pm Ages 9-17 Cadets: 15-17 years old A Group: 14-17 years old B Group: 12-13 years old C Group: 9-11 years old 2026 $606 Scholarships available for LBUSD students Learn More What's a day in the life look like? For more information about the day-to-day of the Junior Lifeguard program, check out the Summer Handbook! LEARN MORE