Victorians are being urged to heed vital water safety messages over summer with the state last year recording its worst drowning toll in two decades.
Figures released today by Life Saving Victoria (LSV) show that there were 157 drowning incidents …
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Royal Life Saving Australia and Surf Life Saving Australia have published the National Drowning Report and National Coastal Safety Report for 2019, examining the factors which contribute to drowning deaths and drowning incidents across the country.
The annual reports reveal, …
Victoria is experiencing the highest summer drowning toll since 1997/8, the shocking summer of drowning deaths that stimulated changes to Victoria’s drowning prevention efforts and marked the start of the Play it Safe by the Water campaign.
Twenty-three people have …
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 …
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 …
A ten-year study by Royal Life Saving Society Australia into drownings at aquatic facilities revealed that more work is needed to enforce the messages around active parental supervision of young children.
The research report, titled ‘A 10-Year Analysis of Drowning …
It’s been a busy summer for lifesavers and lifeguards along our coastlines as beach attendance at patrolled locations exceeded 2 million. From December 1st 2017 to 13th February 2018, there were 544 rescues, 95,766 preventive actions, 1,369 first …
The newly released Victorian Drowning Report for 2016/2017 shows forty-five people (78% male, 12% female) lost their lives to drowning in Victoria during the 2016/17 financial year, a 20% increase on the ten-year average.
The report also reveals a 6% …
Vancouver played host to the 2017 World Conference on Drowning Prevention, bringing 800 delegates from 60 countries together to exchange ideas on reducing death and injury in aquatic environments with the theme: Share Globally, Prevent Locally.
The conference is the …
A group of young lifesavers recently returned from Sri Lanka as part of LSV’s 2017 Building Leaders Scholarship (BLS), a program designed to develop the next generation of young leaders from within club membership and the aquatic community.
“We wanted …