Day 5: Radio Coms, CPR, A.L.A.A Exam

A.L.A. Academy

📅 Friday, June 19
🕓 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM
📍 Rock Sports Club - 3092 Shafto Rd Building 3, Tinton Falls, NJ 07753
🎉 8:00 PM: Rookie Welcome Dinner at Porta Asbury Park

📱 Lead Instructor - Lt./Yn. Frank Angello

📘 Overview

You’ve made it to the final day of training, now it’s time to show it. Today is a culmination of everything you’ve learned during this intensive 5-day course. You’ll sharpen your final rescue response skills, review vital medical and communication protocols, and complete the in-person knowledge assessment exam.

🎒 WHAT TO BRING

• Notebook or waterproof notepad

• Phone (for the exam)

• Water and snacks

🧠 Before You Arrive - Final Worksheets

Please complete the following three worksheets before today's session. These topics are emphasized heavily in both today’s lesson plan and the written test:

• 📄 Worksheet 8: Lifeguard Communications & Public Interface

• 📄 Worksheet 9: Medical Aid in the Aquatic Environment

• 📄 Worksheet 10: Missing Persons & Search and Rescue Protocol

📚 Topics Covered Today

🩺 Aquatic Medical Response

• CPR vs. Rescue Breathing: When and how to act

• Spinal injury stabilization & extraction

• Jellyfish, stingray, and hypothermia treatment

• Prioritizing resuscitation over extraction
  

📡 Communication Systems

• VHF radios, hand signals, flags, and whistle commands

• Diver flags and emergency vessel signaling

• Patron interaction guidelines and professionalism

• Search complete, evacuation, and code signals
  

🔍 Missing Persons & Submersion Search

• Initiating a Code 10-55 (Missing Person)

• Launching a Code 10-69 (Search & Rescue)

• Landmark triangulation and buoy placement

• Parallel vs. circular water search patterns

• Snorkel, fins, and underwater search tactics
  

📝 Final Exam:

• The written exam will be taken in-person on your phone

• Covers all major topics from the A.L.A. Training Manual, course lectures, and worksheets

• Multiple choice, scenario-based, and recognition questions

• Results will determine final employment eligibility

🎉 Rookie Welcome Dinner at Porta

To celebrate the hard work and new beginnings, all trainees and returning guards are invited to our:

👶🏼 Rookie Welcome Dinner
🕗 8:00 PM
📍 Porta Asbury Park — 911 Kingsley St, Asbury Park, NJ
🌐 pizzaporta.com/asbury-park

Food, friends, and future teammates. You earned it.

💬 Questions?

Reach out to your Officer before or after class if you need support. The team is here to make sure you’re ready, and proud, to step on the stand.