Volusia County lifeguards demonstrated rescue techniques, described an internal incident-tracking tool called Watchtower and urged viewers to consider applying to the county's beach safety team in a short promotional video released Oct. 5, 2025.

The video shows training exercises on the sand and in open water and highlights the county's system for recording call volumes and safety announcements. "This is a really cool program we have called Watchtower, keeping all of our call volumes," said Speaker 5, staff member for Volusia County. Speaker 5 explained the tool is used to log incidents, mark which lifeguard towers were most active and add notes to help plan priorities for future summers.

The demonstrations included use of a wheeled rescue sled, drills to identify rip currents and basic recognition of swimmers who may be in distress. "So you look for a part of the ocean where the waves aren't breaking," Speaker 2, staff member for Volusia County, said when describing how lifeguards spot rip currents. The video also shows trainers guiding a participant through lifting and moving a sled they described as "about 300 pounds," and mentions the crew had completed "6 workouts today and 5 open water swims." Those figures were presented by Speaker 1, staff member for Volusia County, during the on-camera demonstration.

The video includes examples of how staff use the Watchtower system to make public-address announcements from a tower and to log counts of people approached. "I'm gonna make an announcement for this guard because people are too close to the pier and he needs help. I can click prevention, PA announce Tower 339," Speaker 5 said, then noted an example tally of "10 people" and adding notes to guide future staffing priorities.

The production frames the content as both instructional and promotional. "If anything that you've seen today interests you, be sure to go to the county's beach safety website to find out about their recruitment efforts," Speaker 2 said at the close of the video. The video also advised swimmers to stay near staffed lifeguard towers: "always swim near staff lifeguard tower," Speaker 1 said.

This piece is descriptive: it reports what the video shows and what staff said. There was no discussion of policy changes, budgets or formal decisions in the video, and no motions or public-agency votes were presented.

Volusia County residents can watch the full segment and check the county's beach safety pages for recruitment details and posted safety guidance.