A full day of discussions around safeguarding Victorians around pools was recently held at the sixth annual Victorian Pool Safety Summit at the Lifeguards@200 venue, located at the Port Melbourne headquarters of Life Saving Victoria (LSV).
Over 200 members of …
Royal Life Saving is urging parents across Victoria not to be complacent about their child’s safety around water.
Latest Royal Life Saving research shows that 461 children under the age of five died due to drowning in Australia over the …
Everyday people with the extraordinary ability to save lives were recognised by Life Saving Victoria (LSV) at the annual Victorian Pool Safety Summit, including staff from Aquanation, Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (MSAC) and Yarra Leisure.
The incidents were varied: …
Work has begun on the development of a code of practice for Victorian public pools, led by Life Saving Victoria and made possible thanks to funding from the Victorian Government.
The goal of the code is to reduce fatal and …
Life Saving Victoria is urging the Victorian Government to introduce additional legislation to enforce compliance with home pool and spa barrier regulations, in line with best-practice guidelines published by the World Health Organization.
The regulatory impact statement for the 2017 …
A total of $17.1 million over four years has been provided in the 2017 state budget for three key water safety projects, which will contribute to addressing key priority areas as identified in the Victorian Water Safety Strategy.
This includes …
Waves Leisure Centre has been named the 2017 LSV Pool Lifeguard Champions in an energetic challenge of lifeguarding skills and teamwork at the Monash Aquatic and Recreation Centre on Monday 1 May.
In a close run race, the Highett based …
