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Abstract
LifeguardIB provides atmospheric and oceanographic variables interpolated from numerical prediction models (oceanographic and atmospheric) at the mesh points closest to the 352 Balearic beaches where there is a lifeguard service.
It constitutes a support tool for lifeguards to fill in the reports of incidents on the beaches, providing objective and comparable data for statistical purposes. Likewise, it is a tool used for the planning and decision-making of the lifeguards, which results in an improvement in the safety of the bathing areas.
In addition, the app allows the lifeguard to program notifications to be notified when a certain variable (wave height, for example) reaches a certain threshold, thus contributing to knowledge-based beach safety management.
This app has been developed by the ICTS SOCIB in collaboration with the General Directorate of Emergencies and Interior of the Government of the Balearic Islands, AEMET and State Ports, with the participation of municipal officials and security concessionaires in the 352 beaches of les Balearic Islands that have lifeguards service.
It responds to the needs of lifeguards on the beaches of the Balearic Islands and to the new capabilities of observation and prediction systems (atmospheric, marine, coastal, etc.), for the provision of quality data at local scale and in real time , to support the sustainable use of the sea and its coasts.
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