NYC’s first female head lifeguard has urgent message to keep beachgoers safe

Source: New York Post

She’s been swimming against the tide her whole life — and she’s not stopping now. The Big Apple’s first female chief lifeguard is calling on the city to do more to keep beachgoers safe — claiming it’s done a “poor job” interpreting a local law designed to prevent drownings. Janet Fash, who started out helping to protect Rockaway Beach in 1979 and continued for 40 years, told The Post that for too long, the city has focused its lifeguards on patrolling only certain areas rather than spreading them out and opening more beaches.