eBrigade Beach lifeguarding module
Your beach posts run from the phone, from the flag to the season report
The flag raised with one tap and written in the log, water, sea and attendance recorded through the day, a lost child reported to every post of the day: the daily sheet and the report for the town fill in by themselves. Free module, included in eBrigade.
Included at no extra cost in every eBrigade plan, 30-day trial with no card required.
For beach and lake posts: flag of the day raised from the phone and written in the log, water, air, sea, wind and attendance readings prefilled with the local weather, lost person reported to every post of the day, swimming interventions (drowning by stage, sting, lost child), daily post sheet, post screen and a season report for the town.
What does the eBrigade Beach lifeguarding module do?
The Beach lifeguarding module runs beach and lake posts from the phone. The flag of the day is raised with one tap and written in the log; water, air, sea, wind and attendance are recorded, prefilled with the local weather; a lost person is reported to every beach post of the day and closed when one of them finds them. Swimming interventions, the daily post sheet and the season report for the town follow. The module is free and included in eBrigade.
Why take beach lifeguarding out of the post logbook?
On the beach, the post logbook holds everything: the morning flag, the water temperature, attendance guessed from memory, interventions, the lost child reported over the radio. In the evening the daily sheet is copied out by hand; at the end of the season, the report for the town hall is rebuilt from scribbled pages and photos. When a child gets lost, the alert travels from post to post by word of mouth, and nobody knows any more who found them, or when.
What the Beach lifeguarding module changes in eBrigade
The beach post becomes an activity run from the phone. The flag is raised with one tap and written in the log; water, air, sea, wind and attendance are recorded, prefilled with the local weather; a lost person goes out to every post of the day with their description and is closed when one of them finds them. The daily post sheet fills itself in, the post screen shows the flag in large, and the season report by post is ready for the town.
What you can do with Beach lifeguarding
Green, yellow, red or purple: the flag raised is written in the log with the time and who raised it, as an important entry when red or purple, and shown in large on the post screen.
Air and wind from the local forecast, water and waves from the marine model on the coast; what the post measures itself takes priority. Attendance is counted on the beach and in the water, and the day's peak is worked out automatically.
First name, age, description: today's beach posts are alerted on their phones, the description shows on their post, and “Found here” closes the report everywhere, log included.
Drowning stages 1 to 4, swimmer in difficulty, sting or envenomation, heatstroke, boat in difficulty, prevention: a ready-made category, with the usual casualty record and first-aid assessment.
The day's document fills in with the successive flags, temperatures, sea, wind, attendance peaks, interventions and the log, ready to print and sign.
By post: days supervised, red-flag days, total and peak attendance, interventions by type, drownings by stage, lost persons. A strip shows each day in the colour of its flag; the report prints for signature or exports to a spreadsheet.
Step by step
- Turn the module on
In Module › List, “Beach lifeguarding” card: the module is free. Then, in Settings › Activity, open the activity type of your posts and turn on “Intervention” and “Beach lifeguarding”. The swimming intervention types are added automatically.
- Raise the flag
When the post opens, a lifeguard opens the Intervention tab on their phone and taps the flag of the day. It is written in the log and shown on the post screen.
- Record through the day
“New reading”: water, air, sea and wind arrive prefilled with the local weather; only the beach and water counts remain. A lost child is reported in three fields, and every post of the day is alerted.
- Report back
In the evening, the daily post sheet comes out filled in, ready to sign. At the end of the season, the report by post (flags, attendance, interventions, drownings by stage) prints or exports for the town.
Frequently asked questions
Is the Beach lifeguarding module included in eBrigade?
Yes. It is a free module, off to begin with: turn it on in Module › List, “Beach lifeguarding” card, then in the activity type of your posts, under “Intervention”. Organisations that do not supervise swimming see no change.
How is the flag kept?
From the post's Intervention tab, on the phone: four buttons, green, yellow, red and purple. The flag raised is written in the log automatically, with the time and the name of whoever raised it, as an important entry when red or purple, and shown in large on the post screen.
Where do the temperatures and the sea state come from?
The reading is prefilled with the weather at the activity's location: air and wind from the forecast, water temperature and wave height from the marine model, on the coast. What the post measures itself takes priority; on a lake, the water is taken with a thermometer.
What happens when a child is lost?
A lifeguard reports them in three fields: first name, age, description, saying whether the child is missing or was found alone. Today's beach posts in your organisation and neighbouring organisations are alerted at once on their phones, the description shows on their post, and the first one to find the child closes the report for everyone. Each step is written in every post's log.
Which swimming interventions are provided?
A “Beach lifeguarding” category is added to your intervention types: drowning stages 1 to 4, swimmer in difficulty, lost person, sting or envenomation, wound, heatstroke, boat in difficulty and prevention. The casualty record and first-aid assessment are used as they are.
What does the town receive at the end of the season?
A season report by post: days supervised, red-flag days, total and peak attendance, interventions by type, drownings by stage, casualties and evacuations, lost persons. A strip shows each day in the colour of its flag; the report prints with a signature block and exports to a spreadsheet.