 It is governed by a board of directors made up of individuals determined by regional subdivision which meets biannually.The United States Lifesaving Association annually tabulates statistics from its chapters on drownings, rescues, and other lifesaving incidents.In 2001, based on ten years of data, the organization calculated that the chance that an individual will drown at a beach staffed by United States Lifesaving Association affiliated lifeguards as 1 in 18 million or 0.0000056% and has remained constant in the years since.