California State Fire Marshal Open Water Rescuer certification, heavy-water training, and certified lifeguard services. Built around your department, your coastline, and your protocols.
Didactic training and certification per the California State Fire Marshal's Office, delivered by instructors with decades of experience teaching in the public and private sectors. We place a premium on developing the proper mindset of an ocean rescue swimmer, and we maximize water time.
A comprehensive three-day certification course, tailored to your department's SOGs, SOPs, equipment and radio procedures. Scheduled reliably, regardless of surf.
A full day in big winter surf for personnel who already hold the Basic certification. No classroom. All ocean, all day, with a 1:8 rescue safety staff.
Certified lifeguards for private events, pool parties, corporate gatherings and ocean events. Professional water watch with a clear safety briefing before anyone gets in.
One-on-one lessons from ocean rescue professionals. Two hours in the water, one hour learning to read a surf forecast, so you know when and where to surf for the rest of your life.
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"Our goal is to never show up to another agency with the intention of 'we're here and this is how it's done.'"
We're dealing with the ocean and her many moods, and she always has the final say. No two agencies work the same water, and nobody knows your jurisdiction like the people who patrol it. We bring decades of ocean rescue instruction and a proven State Fire Marshal curriculum. You bring your coastline, your personnel, your SOGs and SOPs. The strongest course comes from putting the two together.
Instead, we work with you to develop the course within your area of influence, using your equipment, tactics and strategies to accomplish your mission safely. You essentially build your own class with us. We administer it and make sure every box the State wants is checked along the way.
Three days. State Fire Marshal certification. The whole coastline from Ventura Pier to Point Mugu as the classroom.
This is the course that builds a department's foundational ocean rescue certification from the ground up. It meets and exceeds the USLA curriculum, it can be scheduled on a fixed timeline regardless of surf conditions, and it is tailored to your operational needs.
Rock entries, surf, rips and cold water. We use the entire Ventura County coastline so your personnel train in the conditions they'll actually work in.
Pacific Safety Group is a Ventura, California company that provides California State Fire Marshal (CSFM) Open Water Rescuer certification courses, heavy-water ocean rescue training, ocean event safety and certified private lifeguard services.
Fire departments, harbor patrols, lifeguard agencies, law enforcement and other public safety personnel in California. Courses are built around each department's own SOGs, SOPs, equipment and radio procedures.
We're based in Ventura, California. We host agency courses in Ventura with partner agencies, training the coastline from Ventura Pier to Point Mugu, and we travel to deliver courses in your jurisdiction.
The three-day CSFM Open Water Rescuer – Basic course is $950 per person, one-day Heavy Water Training is $250 per person, private lifeguard services are $70 per hour with a four-hour minimum, and one-on-one surf instruction is $250 for a three-hour session or $200 per hour for water time only.
Yes. Every Pacific Safety Group instructor teaches surfing, always one-on-one. A typical session is three hours: two in the water and one on land learning to read surf forecasts. Board, wetsuit and leash are included, all ages are welcome, year-round, at Ventura beaches or anywhere in Southern California.
Call or text 805-340-2158, email pacificsafetygroup@gmail.com, or use the contact form. We usually respond the same day.
We're based in Ventura and train on the Ventura County coastline. Agency courses travel anywhere in California, and lifeguard staffing covers Ventura, Santa Barbara and Los Angeles counties.
Ventura · Oxnard · Port Hueneme · Camarillo · Thousand Oaks · Ojai · Santa Barbara · Carpinteria · Malibu · Santa Monica · Redondo Beach
Call, email, or send a few details and we'll set up a conversation with your command staff.
pacificsafetygroup@gmail.com · Ventura, California
