This is obviously not a problem isolated to the U.K., and other
countries address beach-user safety in other, albeit similar,
ways. For example, in Israel, the Israeli Beach Safety
Management Law was introduced in response to an average
rate of 21 drownings per year. This law classified beaches as
either official bathing beaches, where standardised beachsafety
provision occurs (e.g., fully manned and equipped
lifeguard services); beaches where bathing is prohibited; and
beaches where bathing is allowed but no lifeguard cover is
provided (Hartmann, 2006).