Life Saving Victoria is urging New Year’s Eve revellers to be careful when drinking alcohol near the water.
Alcohol was a factor in 20% of drowning incidents in Victoria in the 2016/17 financial year.
Notably there has been an average …
Month: December 2017
Life Saving Victoria is urging beachgoers to swim between the red and yellow flags this holiday season, following the tragic drowning of a 41-year-old father at Skenes Creek on the Great Ocean Road last week.
Extra lifeguards will be on …
The Pool Safety Assessment question set is currently being updated and will be rolled out across all facilities from 1st January 2018. The changes are predominantly the result of the updated Guidelines for Safe Pool Operation (GSPO) which also …
Sponsored by Mattioli and Metra Australia, the sixth annual Pool Safety Summit took place on Friday 13th October at Lifeguards@200 at the LSV State Centre.
With 200 members of the Industry attending, the Summit was intended to review, discuss and …
Research released by Royal Life Saving Society – Australia shows that every visit to a public swimming pool creates health benefits worth $26.39, meaning that the average aquatic facility creates improved health outcomes worth $2.72 million each year to Australian …
WAW program members now have the option to purchase silicone wristbands.
The wristbands are red and include the WAW logo along with the slogan ‘Your Child, Your Focus’ in yellow writing.
These wristbands come in one size only (child size …
Platinum Pool Program
LSV would like to congratulate the operational and lifeguard teams at Yarra Leisure and Geelong Swim, Sport and Leisure who have collectively had seven of their facilities re-accredited as Platinum Pools.
- Richmond Recreation Centre
- Collingwood Leisure Centre
A lifesaving smartphone app that alerts trusted responders to patients in cardiac arrest will be rolled out throughout Victoria next year.
How the system works is that following a Triple Zero (000) call, the app alerts nearby ‘trusted responders’ to …
Westpac’s recent Water Safety Survey revealed that more than half of Australian parents with children aged two to eight (55.8%) would not know the lifesaving CPR instructions needed to take action if they were faced with an emergency.
Some parents …
On Monday 4th December, and to mark the start of summer and Water Safety Week, LSV launched its Victorian Drowning Report for 2016/17 at Lifeguards@200, revealing 45 people (78% male, 12% female) lost their lives to drowning in Victoria during …