Clear Recreation helps pool operators, HOA boards, and aquatic facilities reduce liability, improve safety, and run compliant operations — before problems happen, not after.
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Most pool operators are doing their best with limited guidance. National firms focus on litigation and expert witness work. Local pool companies clean filters and balance chemicals. Clear Recreation works in the space between.
We’re the hands-on aquatic safety consultant who travels to your facility, assesses your operations, trains your guards, rewrites your EAP, and becomes the person you call before problems happen.
Whether you're building a new facility or improving an existing one, we help you create smart staffing plans, meet code requirements, and ensure long-term operational success.
Every recommendation is built around reducing liability exposure and protecting your organization from preventable incidents.
Detailed written reports that demonstrate due diligence — documentation that holds up under scrutiny from DOH, insurers, and attorneys.
We don't hand you a 50-page report and walk away. Every finding comes with a clear, prioritized recommendation you can implement immediately.
From one-time assessments to annual partnerships, we cover every aspect of aquatic safety and operations.
Comprehensive on-site evaluation of your aquatic operation during active pool time — lifeguard positioning, supervision, facility condition, signage, and safety equipment.
Blind spot mapping, sight line analysis, and timed response drills from each guard station — hard data your board can use to make staffing and positioning decisions.
Review, rewrite, or build from scratch — Emergency Action Plans, SOPs, supervision plans, swim testing policies, and certification tracking systems.
Full certification courses, recertification, and scenario-based inservice training. We train guards to perform — not just pass a test.
Independent third-party verification that your guards can actually perform. Test rescues, CPR/AED/O2, spinal management, and team scenarios.
Find out which programs earn their pool time, staff hours and budget. We review fill rates, waitlists, re-enrollment and cost per participant, program by program, using data from your registration system.
Building or renovating a pool or recreation center? We review the plans for staffing, operating cost, program space and lifeguard sightlines while changes are still cheap, working alongside your architect and aquatic designer.
Every option includes a detailed written report with actionable recommendations your board can use to demonstrate due diligence.
Full picture of on-deck operations and behind-the-scenes documentation
EAP Rewrite: +$750 · SOP Checklist & Templates: +$500
Operations, documentation, guard competency & response readiness — all in one engagement
EAP rewrite & SOP templates are included — no add-on costs
For lesson programs with waitlists, half-empty sections, or families who don't come back next session
Board Presentation of Findings: +$350–$500 · Follow-Up Coaching Call: +$250
Your entire aquatic operation — safety, staff and swim lessons — in one engagement
About 10% less than booking both assessments separately, plus the board presentation and follow-up call at no added cost
Two of the most concrete, defensible services any aquatic facility can invest in.
We map every lifeguard station against the pool layout to identify blind spots, obstructed sight lines, and zones where a guard physically cannot see the bottom. Documented with photos, diagrams, and recommendations for repositioning or adding stations.
This is the kind of evidence that holds up in litigation — if a facility can prove they had a third-party zone validation on file, it demonstrates due diligence.
Zones should be revalidated whenever the facility layout, furniture placement, or staffing model changes.
We measure how long it takes a guard to reach the farthest point in their zone from their assigned station. Industry best practice targets recognition within 10 seconds and rescue contact within 20 seconds.
You get timed drills, documented results per station, and flags for any zones where response times exceed acceptable thresholds — hard data to drive staffing and positioning decisions.
10-second recognition. 20-second contact. We test it, document it, and show you exactly where the gaps are.
Your board wants to do the right thing but doesn't have aquatic expertise on staff. We become your safety advisor — assessing operations, training guards, rewriting your EAP, and making sure your pool is compliant before opening day.
Larger operations with more guards, more turnover, and more compliance pressure. We run skills validations, scenario-based inservices, and certification tracking assessments to keep your team sharp and your risk low.
Complex facilities with high-volume operations, ride-specific training needs, and significant litigation exposure. We provide MAHC compliance evaluations, zone validations, and ongoing consulting retainers.
Tell us about your facility and we’ll reply with a scope and quote. Prefer email? Write to andrewshain@clearrecreation.com.