The busy Labor Day weekend is now here with a new push to warn beachgoers of the dangers of rip currents.

Officials hope the effort will help to cut down on the two dozen deaths over the past decade; with three of those just this year.

Now your smart phone will now make you smarter about beach conditions and weather warnings.

All with the new signs meant to keep you and your family safe at the beach.

Friday morning the county unveiled the first of 219 signs that will be posted all along Brevard beaches in the coming months.

From the north at Canaveral National Seashore down nearly 70 miles to Sebastian Inlet State Park.

Just a couple downloads will bring beach patrons to information about rip current safety, lifeguard protected areas and weather updates which includes ways to get text alerts about approaching storms.

This is the most advanced rip current warning sign ever -- Brevard County became the first in the nation to post about the dangers of rips back in 1998.

All two dozen of those drownings in the past decade have happened outside of lifeguard-protected areas, which span more than 90 percent of the beaches.

"These signs will show people where the lifeguards are," says Mike Fitzgerald, who pushed for the signs. "We have one of the best lifeguard groups in the nation, and if we get people in front of them, nobody drowns in front of them."

Beachgoers we spoke with say the idea is ideal for locals and tourists alike.

"There are people [on the beach] who come from here, and from out of the country; it's a big help," says surfer Fernando Landa.

"People can come here and not know much about the ocean. So if they just click it with their phone ... smart phones are in now, so they can get all the information that they need," says Brittani Decibus, who was enjoying a day on the sand.

The effort is possible due to funding from the Tourist Development Council -- which is hoping to get local motels along the beaches to display the signs as well.

Initially 40 signs are being put up, with all of them in place before next summer.

Beachgoers will notice the News 13 logo, along with the QR code to get to our weather app for current conditions on these signs. You can subscribe for severe weather and storm warnings for specific areas. Anyone can sign up for News 13's Severe Weather Alerts here.