Inside look on one day of week-long lifeguard training

READY TO JUMP INTO ACTION WHENEMERGENCIES HAPPEN.

REPORTERJULIO AVILA SHOWS US HOW THEYTRAIN TO HELP THOSE INTROUBLE.(PKG) NAT SOUND -- ATV GO TOANY OF NORFOLK'S BEACHES ANDYOU WON'T JUST SEE LIFEGUARDSON THE LIFEGUARD STANDS, BUTALSO ON ATV'S (SUPER: DANJONES -- CITY OF NORFOLK HEADOF AQUATICSA ND BEACHES) "WECOULDN'T RESPOND TOEMERGENCIES EAST OR WEST OFOUR PARK BEACHES AND SO ITGETS US ON THE SAND AND ITGETS US TO PLACES FASTER." BUTTHESE ATV'S ARE JUST ONE THINGTHEY'RE LEARNING ABOUT.

INFACT, THEY STILL HAVE MORETHINGS TO COVER BECAUSE THISIS THEIR TRAINING WEEK.

"WE'VEGOT ALL OF THE BEACHLIFEGUARDS IN NORFOLK COMINGIN.

WE'RE GOING TO BE RUNNINGRESCUE DRILLS OFF THELIFEGUARD STANDS, WE'RE GOINGTO BE SWIMS AND RUNS, FROMBEACH TO BEACH." GETTING READYSO THAT WHEN MORE BEACHGOERSARRIVE AND EMERGENC YSTRIKES,THEY'LL BE READY.

DAN JONESOVERSEES THEM AND IS TEACHINGTHEM ALL HE KNOWS.

NAT SOUND-- OFFICER SPEAKING' HE'SGETTING HELP FROM LOCALAUTHORITIES SUCH AS THENORFOLK POLICE DEPARTMENTWHO'S TEACHING THEM ON HOW TOUSE THESE ATV'S.

"THEY'RE ALSOGOING TO BE ON SCENE TYPICALLYON WATER RESCUES AND MEDICALEMERGENCIES VERY QUICKLY ONTHEIR ATV UNITS, AS WELL ASLAND UNITS COMING FROM THESTREETS." (STAND UP) "NOWTHESE GUYS ARE GOING TO HAVETHEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEMTHIS SUMMER.

AS YOU CAN SEE,THESE BEACHES ARE MILES ANDMILES LONG AND AS DAN TELLS USTHERE'S NOT A LOT OF THEM.THAT'S BECAUSE HERE ANDELSEWHERE, THERE ARE LIFEGUARDSHORTAGES." 'BUT THAT'S INGENERAL.

THERE'S AN EMPLOYMENTSHORTAGE AS WELLA NDLIFEGUARDS ARE JUST A BIG PARTOF THAT AS WELL." THEIR WORKWON'T JUST FOSCU ON THE WATER,BUT ALSO ON LAND.

"WE'RE HERETO SUPPORT AND WE'RE GOING TOREMIND PEOPLE OF WHAT THERULES AND CITY CODES ARE." BUTHE ALSO OFFER STHESE TIPS TOEVERYONE.

"SWIM NEAR ALIFEGUARD AND PAY ATTENTIONWHISTLES AND SIRENS, NDAPARENTS YOU'VE GOT TO WATCHYOUR CHILDREN." IN NORFOLK,JULIO AVILA, NEWS 3.