About

Lifeguard Rescue Tube is a working reference on the rescue tube — the most essential piece of equipment a lifeguard carries. The site is written for the people who actually use rescue tubes: head guards, aquatic directors, lifeguard instructors, and the guards on the deck.

The articles cover technique, equipment specifications, sizing, materials, regulatory standards, and buying guidance. Every page is written to be useful — no fluff, no SEO filler. If you're spec'ing a fleet of tubes for a water park or coaching a 16-year-old guard through their first audit, this is the reference.

Who runs this site

Lifeguard Rescue Tube is published by Aquamentor, a manufacturer and supplier of aquatic safety equipment based in Garwood, New Jersey. Aquamentor has been in the aquatic safety business for over 40 years, supplying rescue tubes, backboards, and related equipment to pools, water parks, summer camps, and beach lifeguard programs across the US.

This site exists because the body of practical knowledge on rescue tubes — sizing rationale, real-world failure modes, audit requirements, daily care — has historically lived in lifeguard certification manuals and water park operations binders. We wanted a public reference that's actually useful.

About the recommendations

Where this site recommends specific equipment, those recommendations are honest. We will tell you that closed-cell foam is the right construction (it is, and every standards body agrees). We will tell you that 50-inch tubes are the right call for most facility settings (they are, on the merits). We are also a manufacturer of a 50-inch closed-cell foam rescue tube, called the ExoTube, and we'll point you to it when it fits the recommendation. We won't pretend we don't make the product, and we won't recommend it where another solution is better.

Contact

For corrections, technical questions, or feedback on the content, contact us through aquamentor.com.