Lifeguard Vehicles

The San Diego Lifeguard Service has a fleet of 20 patrol vehicles. Vehicles used by supervisors are sport utility vehicles while the rest are quarter ton pick-ups. We have found it essential in our working environment to get a few accessories such as positraction, a towing package, electric door locks, and off road tires. We use the MX-7000 light bar which is manufactured by Code 3. On top of the vehicle we store the rescue paddleboard, a Ferno-Washington stretcher and a floating immobilizing device known as a Miller Splint. Inside the vehicle is a trauma pack that includes positive pressure oxygen equipment and other equipment to take care of medical emergencies. There is a "Code X" kit which enables lifeguards to systematically search for a submerged swimmer. And of course there are rescue buoys. Some of the supervisor vehicles are equiped with cliff rescue equipment.