RUKA GORORDO

• Operate and manage lifeguard rescue trucks to support daily beach operations, emergency response, equipment transport, and field coordination.
• Respond to a wide range of aquatic emergencies and EMS incidents, providing rapid emergency care, performing water rescues, and assisting individuals in distress.
• Operate RWCs (rescue jet skis) to conduct rapid-response rescues in hazardous surf, challenging ocean conditions, and situations where traditional rescue methods may be less effective.
• Supervise and provide operational guidance to lower-ranking lifeguards, helping maintain safety standards, readiness, and effective team performance.
• Assume initial incident command at major emergency scenes until supervising officers arrive, coordinating immediate response efforts, personnel, and scene operations.
• Serve as a dispatcher for beach operations, communicating emergency calls, coordinating lifeguard resources, and relaying critical information to field personnel.
• Serve as a deckhand aboard the lifeguard rescue boat, supporting vessel operations, rescue deployments, crew coordination, and maritime emergency response.
• Assess changing ocean and beach conditions, identify hazards, and make time-sensitive operational decisions to protect the public and responding personnel.
• Provide public education on rip currents, surf hazards, marine life, and beach safety to prevent emergencies and promote safe ocean recreation.
• Maintain rescue vehicles, watercraft, medical equipment, and safety gear to ensure operational readiness for emergency incidents.

• Respond to medical emergencies involving off-highway recreational activities, including dirt bike and recreational off-highway vehicle (ROV) accidents, collisions, and rollovers.
• Responded to medical emergencies from off-highway recreational activities, including dirt bike and ROV accidents, collisions, and rollovers, ensuring prompt care for injured individuals.
• Coordinate with CAL FIRE paramedics, medical air transport personnel, and other emergency responders to support patient care, stabilization, and transport when needed.
• Coordinated with CAL FIRE paramedics, medical air transport personnel, and other emergency responders to support patient care, stabilization, and transport.
• Adapt to remote operating conditions while delivering timely medical assistance during periods of increased recreational activity and visitation.
• Adapted to remote operating conditions to provide timely medical assistance during peak recreational activity and visitation periods, enhancing emergency response effectiveness.

• Perform ocean rescues and respond to aquatic emergencies, providing first aid and CPR when needed.
• Educate the public about rip currents, ocean hazards, and safe beach practices.
• Educated public on rip currents, ocean hazards, and safe beach practices to enhance swimmer safety.
• Coordinated with Fire Department personnel and fellow lifeguards during emergencies, ensuring effective response and safety.
• Monitored changing surf conditions and followed established safety and emergency procedures to maintain beach safety.

• Oversaw daily pool operations and enforced safety procedures, ensuring patron safety and compliance.
• Trained and mentored lifeguards in rescue techniques, first aid, and customer service to enhance team readiness.
• Oversaw daily pool operations and enforce safety procedures to protect patrons.
• Coordinate schedules and pool activities with management and respond to guest concerns.
• Coordinated schedules and pool activities with management, addressing guest concerns to improve overall patron experience.

Completed EMT coursework

Completed Fire Technology I, 3, 5 and continuing coursework toward an associate degree.

Coursework included MIG and TIG welding techniques, safety procedures, and blueprint reading.