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- Swiftwater and inland river rescue
-River Rescue Team members are certified at the
instructor level
- Scuba rescue and underwater search and recovery
-Dive Rescue Team members are certified as Advanced
Scuba Divers and Dive Rescue Specialists
- Marine firefighting
-Lifeguards out of the Boating Safety Unit are fully equipped and trained
to operate the Lifeguard Service's two fire boats and to suppress fires
- Law enforcement through citation, arrest and
impound of vessels
-Most full time lifeguards are classified as peace officers
-All San Diego lifeguards are classified as public officers with the
power of arrest
- Harbor patrol functions on Mission Bay and boating enforcement on the
Pacific Ocean
- 24 hour staffing of the Lifeguard Communications
Center
-Includes dispatching incoming 9-1-1 calls, marine radio distress calls,
fire and police referrals, etc.
-Maintains observation of boating traffic traveling in and out of Mission Bay
-California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS)
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