The Nova Scotia Lifeguard Service (also NSLS) is a Canadian lifeguard service operating in Nova Scotia.
NSLS has been supervising many Nova Scotian beaches since 1973 and is a joint project between the Nova Scotia Department of Health Promotion and Protection, and the Nova Scotia Branch of the Royal Life Saving Society of Canada (RLSSC) .
The NSLS employed 54 full time lifeguards for the 2006 season, as well as several other part time staff. Supervision seasons typically run from July 1 through to the last weekend in August, with a few beaches continuing weekend supervision into September. The NSLS developed the Nova Scotia Surf League, Canada's first surf lifesaving competition series, and has seen several Nova Scotians selected to the Core Team of the Canadian National Lifesaving Team since its inception.
The service was born out of a 1972 study into a high number of drownings at public beaches in Nova Scotia. Originally called the Nova Scotia Beach Supervision Project, the beaches were organized by region, so that each region is required to recruit and hire lifeguards for the beaches, thereby supplying lifeguard supervision. The program was centrallized and began employing a full time director in 1975, when it also changed its name to the Nova Scotia Lifeguard Service.
In 2006, the NSLS supervised 17 beaches around the province and was responsible for training and administration services for several others.
Read more about Nova Scotia Lifeguard Service: Supervised Beaches, Training, Nova Scotia Surf League
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