In response to the changed requirement in the new GSPO Aquatic Supervision section and industry requests, LSV have sourced a compliant, long-term and sustainable solution to lifeguard and supervisor uniforms to assist industry with cost-effective compliance.
LSV are pleased to …
As part of the Victorian Safer Public Pools program, facilities can now be awarded a recognised safety endorsement from Life Saving Victoria (LSV).
A new three-tiered (bronze, silver, gold) award structure has been developed and endorsements can be issued if …
LSV is pleased to be able to facilitate its first dedicated workshop aimed at assisting pool owners / operators in understanding best practice examples of how to implement the new supervision requirements of the updated GSPO.
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‘Swim-able days’ are days with temperature, wind and humidity that are more favourable for swimming. It was a term coined by researchers a couple of years ago looking for patterns amongst drowning data. Over the 2018-19 holiday season we saw a large number of swim-able days. By Boxing Day we’d had …
In an industry first, Victoria’s two peak bodies Aquatics & Recreation Victoria (ARV) and Life Saving Victoria (LSV) have collaborated to support a better understanding of the Victorian public pool landscape.
Building on the legacy of previous independent state of …
Platinum Pool Program
LSV would like to congratulate and acknowledge the following facilities who demonstrated excellence in aquatic safety and were subsequently accredited or reaccredited as Platinum Pool:
Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp officially launched the Safer Public Pools – Code of Practice at the seventh annual pool safety summit, held in October at Life Saving Victoria. The Code is a component of the joint Government and Industry …
Life Saving Victoria (LSV) and Aquatics and Recreation Victoria (ARV) are pleased to announce the release of the Victorian Public Pools: State of Sector Report. In an Industry first, Victoria’s two peak aquatic industry bodies have collaborated to support a …
The newly released LSV Victorian Drowning Report for 2017/2018 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 …
