The all-Victorian Australian Inflatable Rescue Boat (IRB) racing team took home silver from the Lifesaving World Championships (LWC) in Adelaide last month.
Australia finished second on points in the IRB National Teams section behind cross-Tasman rivals New Zealand, edging out …
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 …
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 …
Funding has been provided by the Victorian Government to assist Government and Catholic primary schools to deliver the swimming and water safety component of the Victorian Curriculum.
The Swimming and Water Safety in Schools initiative is designed to increase opportunities …
LSV is proud to announce the launch of Blue Connections, LSV’s Aquatics Networking Series! Join us for Session One on 19th December 2018 Building Resilience! – ‘Everyone Has A Plan Until Sh!t Hits The Fan’
