Lifeguard requirements—Class A pools.
Omaha Municipal Code § 54-38
in effectSec. 54-38. - Lifeguard requirements—Class A pools.
(a) Class A swimming pools, when open to the public for swimming, must have a lifeguard on duty. Swimming pools having 2,000 or more square feet of water surface area or 100 bathers, whichever is the lesser number, shall have a minimum of two lifeguards on duty. If the pool area is between 6,000 and 15,000 square feet of water surface area, a minimum of three lifeguards shall be on duty. If the pool area exceeds 15,000 square feet, a minimum of four guards shall be on duty. The number of lifeguards on duty shall be sufficient to permit periodic relief or rest periods.
(b) The minimum qualifications for a lifeguard shall be satisfactory completion of a current life guarding course in life-saving sponsored either by a nationally recognized organization, to include but not be limited to the Red Cross, the National Pool and Water Park Lifeguard Training Program, Boy Scouts, or YMCA, and current certification in infant, child, and adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training issued by a nationally recognized organization, to include but not be limited to the National Safety Council, American Heart Association, or the American Red Cross. The certification course shall also include two-person CPR and the use of a bag valve mask and a rescue breathing mask.
(c) All guards shall wear distinctive swim suits or emblems while on duty.
(d) All Class A swimming pools shall provide a lifeguard chair for each 2,000 square feet of water surface area. The platform or chair shall be located so as to maintain surveillance of all pool floor area having a depth of five feet or greater, and in all cases located so that the guard is not required to protect a segment greater than 180 degrees.
(e) Class A pools rented or leased to private groups for swimming shall provide lifeguards in accordance with this section.
(f) Schools or institutions which conduct swimming classes or swimming meets may be exempted from lifeguard requirements.
(g) At water slides or drop slides, one lifeguard is required within 50 feet of the discharge point of the slide. This lifeguard shall be responsible for guarding the plunge area for the slide and no other areas and shall be in voice or visual communication with the attendant or lifeguard at the top of the slide. One lifeguard may monitor up to three slides and no other areas if they are adjacent to and discharge to the same plunge area.
(Code 1980, § 54-38; Ord. No. 33770, § 6, 12-19-95; Ord. No. 34230, § 1, 6-17-97; Ord. No. 37382, § 13, 5-23-06)
Source: City of Omaha, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ne/omaha/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=OMMUCOCHGEORVOII_CH54SWPO_ARTIIPUCOSWPO_DIV1GE_S54-38LIRELAPOFetched: 10/28/2026