Sunday 25 July was the world’s first World Drowning Prevention Day, and Life Saving Victoria (LSV) marked the occasion by turning several Melbourne landmarks blue to raise awareness of the inaugural event. …
Category: Risk & Research
After five months, Victoria’s 57 life saving clubs have taken down the red and yellow flags for the last time in 2020-21, marking the end of the state’s longest and busiest lifesaving season to date.
The extended season, which was …
Victorians are being urged to take extra care around water this summer, with Life Saving Victoria (LSV) concerned a number of trends in the latest drowning figures could be exacerbated by a lack of preparedness for water activities over the …
Water safety in open waterways is a key area of focus for LSV’s education programs, with research showing this is where the highest proportion of drowning incidents occur.
As a result of LSV’s Risk and Research team’s ongoing monitoring and …
LSV’s Risk and Research department, working with LSV’s Lifesaving Operations team, conducted a two-part review of the Australian Lifeguard Service across its 35 beach patrol sites, including the five new sites added in the 2018/19 season.
The project looked at …
An LSV study focussing on the most appropriate ratio of pool lifeguards to patrons in public swimming pools recently concluded.
The study, conducted by LSV’s Risk and Research team in conjunction with Swinburne University, completed in early 2020.
The research …
You’re never too old to learn or refresh your water safety skills.
This was an important message of Water Safety Week 2019 and for good reason, with LSV research highlighting that older adults are at increased risk of drowning in …
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 …
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 …