WHAT’S HAPPENING ON THE ISLAND
Respect The Water
The young scanned the pool frantically and couldn’t see her toddler anywhere, until she heard the other adults gasp and point up to the high dive. Her son crawled up the ladder, out on the board, and jumped off. He sank directly to the bottom of the deep end. Using superhuman mom power, she beat […]
Drownings
We’ve had three drowning fatalities in the past two weeks. For us, it’s hard not to think, or in this case write, about anything else. The first one was eerily familiar. Many of you recall that last year, just a few days after our seasonal lifeguards ended their 7-month term of employment, two kids died […]
Seasonal Guards
The first weekend after the clock ran out on our Seasonal Lifeguard coverage was something else. As we say people were “all down up in that beach”. They were in the water, on the sand, driving around in golf carts, trying to swim in the no swimming areas by the rocks and at the ends […]
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GALVESTON ISLAND BEACH PATROL INFO & STATS
The Galveston Island Beach Patrol (GIBP) is certified as an “advanced” level agency of the United States Lifesaving Association and is the designated lifeguard service for the city of Galveston and is a department of the Galveston Island Park Board of Trustees.
GIBP is certified as an “advanced” level agency of the USLA, and is the designated lifeguard service for the city of Galveston.
Meet the men and women who work tirelessly each and every day to keep our beaches safe and secure.
The Park Board of Trustees is a governmental entity created for the purpose of directing all tourism efforts for Galveston.
The Park Board Police Department augments the operations of the Galveston Island Beach Patrol and fits under the GIBP umbrella.
The GMR is a multi-agency response group that is under the command of the Galveston Emergency Management Office.
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