about us

Jessica Rahman is a certified Swim for Life Trainer and a registered affiliate of the Lifesaving Society. Jessica has over 20 years of experience working in Aquatics, mainly working for the City; she has taught all ages and abilities throughout her career, from infants learning how to swim, to teaching people how to teach swimming lessons. Her passion for teaching people water safe behaviours and swimming techniques surpasses that of a typical swimming instructor.

Jessica worked as an Aquatic Programmer for ten years, prior to opening Water Safety First. She was an active volunteer with the Red Cross, when they had the Swimming and Water Safety Program, working on projects to support education for swimming and water safety education. During Covid she was on maternity leave with her twin daughters and taught online CPR and water safety seminars to children across BC. Now she is an active volunteer with the Lifesaving Society BC/Yukon Branch and is on the Aquatic Program Development Committee.

This year she was offered to present at the World Conference on Drowning Prevention in Egypt. More than 700 delegates from all level of government, and people from over 26 different countries attend. Her topic of presentation is on, “Thinking outside the box when it comes to teaching swimming and water safety lessons, in a growing city that can not keep up with the demand”. Needless to say, Jessica loves her job and is always looking for new and creative ways to share her passion.