Life Saving Victoria is urging Victorians to keep water safety front of mind today, with large numbers of people expected to head to our beaches, rivers and pools to cool off in the extreme heat.
The Bureau of Meteorology predicts …
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Hot weather is forecast for the end of the week, prompting lifesavers to remind the public to ‘draw the line’ on rip currents when heading to the beach.
“On New Year’s Day, there were 118,243 beachgoers at our 57 patrolled …
Replacing the Southern States, the newly created ‘Youth Pathway Cup’ event is organised by SLSNSW and will run at the end of January with teams from across Australia competing. After the success of the 2018 event, this year will see …
Life Saving Victoria is urging New Year’s Eve revellers to be careful when drinking alcohol near the water.
The drowning toll in Victoria from 1 July 2018 to 26 December 2018 has risen to 25, which is 7 seven more …
Life Saving Victoria (LSV) is urging beachgoers to be cautious around the coast this holiday season, following the worst summer drowning toll on record last season, and a 50% increase in coastal drownings, including one on Christmas Day.
“Over the …
Volunteer Profile: Jessica Sincock
Lorne SLSC volunteer Jessica Sincock is proof that even if you don’t like nippers, just keep going and you never know where lifesaving will lead you! This is now Jessica’s tenth season of patrolling and she …
LSV’s award-winning Open Water Learning Experience (OWLE) is being rolled out as a Grey Medallion course for older adults (55+) at Hampton Life Saving Club from mid-late February, following a highly-successful pilot program.
In the recently-released Victorian Drowning Report, people …
The newly released LSV Victorian Drowning Report for 2017-18 shows there were 107 drowning incidents (40 fatal and 67 non-fatal) for the financial year.
This includes drowning incidents that occurred over the peak summer period, which was the highest summer …
The LSV Rescue Water Craft (RWC/Jet Ski) lifeguard service has doubled its sites this season, improving the reach and flexibility of the service around Victoria’s coastline, thanks to state government funding.
Two of the new sites will operate in the …
Victoria’s aquatic industry came together this month to commemorate 20 years of the Play it Safe by the Water (PISBTW) state government-funded water safety awareness campaign.
The campaign began in 1988 with five aquatic agencies, brought together to effect change …