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Life Saving Operations Council Annual Report 2019/20

Contents

LSO Council Role and Officers ...................................................................................................................... 3 Chair’s Foreword ............................................................................................................................................ 5

Chair/Council Representative – Simon Wilson .......................................................................................... 5 Lifesaving Operations Council Executive Strategic Work Plan 2020 ........................................................ 5

Directors’ Reports .......................................................................................................................................... 6 Director; Lifesaving Services – Kane Treloar ............................................................................................ 6 Director; Training & Assessment – David Rylance.................................................................................... 7

LSOC Executive & State Officers Reports .................................................................................................... 7 State Training & Assessment Supervisor – Katrina Antony ...................................................................... 7 State Resource Research & Development Officer – Alison Porter ........................................................... 8 State Emergency Management Officer – Hugh Day ................................................................................. 9 State Gear & Equipment Officer /Lifesaving Services Representative – Hamish McKendrick ................ 9 State Lifesaving Communications Officer/Lifesaving Services Representative – Grace Lightfoot ........ 10 State Powercraft Officer – Gordon Porter ................................................................................................ 11 State Training Membership Development Officer – Jenna-Rose Sheehan Jones ................................. 11 Council Representative – Mark Scott ESM ............................................................................................. 12

Bass Area Officers’ Reports ........................................................................................................................ 14 Bass Lifesaving Operations Officer – Terry Aslanidis ............................................................................. 14

Bayside Area Officers’ Reports ................................................................................................................... 15 Bayside Training & Assessment Officer – Helen Quinn .......................................................................... 15 Bayside Lifesaving Operations Officer – Alexander Walton.................................................................... 16

Geelong Area Officers’ Reports ................................................................................................................... 17 Geelong Training & Assessment Officer – Phillip Hughes ...................................................................... 17 Geelong Lifesaving Operations Officer – Nick Giblin .............................................................................. 17

Kingston Area Officers’ Reports .................................................................................................................. 18 Kingston Training & Assessment Officer – Catherine Paulsen ............................................................... 18 Kingston Lifesaving Operations Officer – Darren McLeod ...................................................................... 19

Otway Area Officers’ Reports ...................................................................................................................... 19 Otway Training and Assessment Officer – Sebastian Phoenix ............................................................... 19 Otway Lifesaving Operations Officer – Jenna-Rose Sheehan ................................................................ 20

Peninsula Area Officers’ Reports ................................................................................................................ 20 Peninsula Training & Assessment Officer – Simon Wilson ..................................................................... 20 Peninsula Lifesaving Operations Officer – Cohen Doyle ........................................................................ 21

Western Area Officers’ Reports ................................................................................................................... 22 Western Training & Assessment Officer – James Green ........................................................................ 22 Western Lifesaving Operations Officer – Christopher Sharam ............................................................... 23

Officers Reports Continued ......................................................................................................................... 25 The following Officer reports were not submitted prior to report completion. ............................................. 25 2019-20 100+ Patrol Hour Awardees .......................................................................................................... 26 2020 Awards of Excellence ......................................................................................................................... 30 Volunteer Lifesaving Statistics 2019-2020 .................................................................................................. 33 Volunteer Training Statistics 2019-2020 ..................................................................................................... 34 Membership Statistics 2019-2020 ............................................................................................................... 35

LSO Council Role and Officers

Life Saving Operations Council – Operating Brief (a) Provide a safe beach and aquatic environment through:

i) the provision of lifesaving services; ii) the provision of lifeguarding services; iii) specialist rescue and emergency response services, including air and marine search and

rescue activities; iv) training and professional development of members of affiliated Life Saving Clubs; v) promotion and awareness of water safety; vi) recruitment and retention of affiliated Life Saving Club members; vii) policy and procedure formulation and implementation; viii) investigation into developments in lifesaving policy and incidents; and ix) the coordination of consistent lifesaving operations throughout Victoria

b) Provide a forum for the conduit and sharing of information and issues with Life Saving Club Delegates;

c) Receive reports from Directors and professional staff in relation to lifesaving operations matters. d) Provide recommendations, policy advice and direction to LSV in relation to lifesaving

operations. e) Ensure LSV remains an active and highly efficient and effective emergency service support

agency, especially through the provision of 24-hour-a-day, year-round Lifesaving, rescue and response capabilities.

Westpac Lifesaver Rescue Helicopter Service 2019

5 2019-2020 Lifesaving Operations Council – Annual Report

Chair’s Foreword

Chair/Council Representative – Simon Wilson

Overview and Highlights It was obviously a challenging year for the for everybody with the bushfires and subsequent environmental issues over summer and then into the COVD-19 crisis. However, this also presented opportunities for us to pursue alternative and regular communications with the clubs which may be used more often. Your Executive continues to progress the Council’s Strategic Work Plan and has revised it for the coming year with the aim of increasing our capacity and operations towards a better working relationship with our Emergency Services. Participation and input from our members with the Council is important to get the best outcomes. The Training team established Subject Matter Expert groups last year to help review training resources and methods. This has now been expanded with the lifesaving LIMSOC Working Groups and Clinical Advisory Working Group bringing in new expertise. It’s fantastic to have more people involved bringing their skills and experience to support LSV and as a result our volunteer lifesavers. During the year, LSV conducted a By-laws review, as a result LSOC has submitted updated roles for the Training & Assessment area which should come into effect in the coming months. The Lifesaving roles will be reviewed once the new command structure is finalised soon. Moving Forward Thank you to our volunteer officers and dedicated staff who have worked well together this year to deliver for our clubs. I’d especially like to thank David Rylance who will stand down as Director of Training & Assessment for his service to LSV. I’m sure he will not be allowed to drift too far as there’s always another way to contribute to LSV.

Lifesaving Operations Council Executive Strategic Work Plan 2020

Next Season (2020)

1. Strengthen emergency management capbility

2. Enhance operational policies, procedures and

systems

3. Improve training practices and pathways

4. Strengthen evidence and future planning

5. Deliver annual programs and events

Following Season (2021)

1. Strengthen club, emergency service and

national links2. Strengthen existing and

develop new and innovative training

methods

3. Enhance response capability and systems

4. Improved use of evidence for decision

making

Future Seasons

1. Enhance emergency response systems

2. Enhance improvement program

3. Enhance metropolitan and regional support

4. Enhance club, emergency service and

national links

5. Investige future lifesaving technologies


Directors’ Reports

Director Lifesaving Services – Kane Treloar

Overview and Highlights The 2019-20 season was my first as Director – Lifesaving Services and has been quite unlike anything that I think any of us expected. To describe the last twelve months as challenging would be an understatement, and I am so incredibly proud of the way that the organisation and our members have risen to the occasion and continued to provide such vital community services. With the support of our colleagues in volunteer training, the numbers of volunteer lifesavers continue to grow, and we are now seeing the numbers of specialist award holders rise. The membership of LSV has for the first time gone through 38,000; this is a true reflection of the fantastic organisation our members have created. Over the summer period, our Gippsland members endured the horrific bushfires, with the club at Mallacoota and its members suffering significant loss. Despite this, their intention to return to patrol was immense, and the resilience that they showed an example to all of us. As we emerged from the summer, we were all confronted with the COVID-19 situation, which has had a profound Impact on us all. Regardless of this, out members have continued to put their hand up and support our emergency partners in these difficult times. The work done over the last twelve months has now seen Life Saving Victoria further integrated and becoming a solidified part of the emergency management family in Victoria. Our representation on panels and working groups has increased exponentially; and I’d like to take the opportunity to thank Andrew Crisp, Chris Stephenson and Deb Abbott for their support of LSV and the incredible work that our members do. There had been plans to complete an in-depth analysis of the Lifesaving Capability and Resource Review (LCARR) and a view to implement this in the coming season. With the current challenges around travel and movement this is going to be difficult to do, and we will look at running pilots and conducting analysis of that where we can. We will however review the LCARR with clubs to ensure that we are working together to best serve our community. Whilst this season was certainly much quieter than previous years, the statistics speak for themselves with 475 rescues performed. Quite simply 475 people would not have returned home to their families without the intervention of our members. Whilst we all look at various statistics, the sobering nature of this one in particular cannot go unnoticed. It is our volunteers each and every weekend that make this possible. Moving Forward I’d like to take the opportunity to thank the Club Captains and LSOC Delegates for their support over the past twelve months. We continue to ask a lot of you and your clubs, and you continue to deliver to an extremely high standard. I’d also like to thank the LSV staff who provide the greatest level of support to the volunteer membership. Thank you to my LSOC Executive colleagues, and all of the state officers. Finally, thank you to our members; you are the lifeblood of the organisation and what makes it so great.


I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible on the beach this coming season, in whatever form that may be.

Director Training & Assessment – David Rylance

Overview and Highlights More SRC, First Aid and ART awards processed than in any of the previous five years. First (and second) 100% internal quality assurance audit scores. LSV endorsed as a Marine License course provider. Update member training portal and support videos (due August 2020). Club roadshow in partnership with lifesaving ops and the volunteer support officers to help members and club officers with the coming season. Initiate the second phase of the member training portal review. Moving Forward I have reached the maximum term as a director for Life Saving Victoria and will be standing down as the Director of Training and Assessment of Life Saving Victoria at the upcoming LSV AGM. I would like to thank all those that I have worked with and supported me during my time as a director of Life Saving Victoria and I know the incoming volunteer training team will do a great job moving forward. It has been a challenging time in the training and assessment space during my 6 years + as Director with many changes to navigate. I would like to thank the membership for their dedication to the organisation and their commitment to training and assessment to ensure we have members on the beach trained and qualified to perform the duties required of lifesavers. Well done to everyone on the past season which has seen interruptions that have not been experienced for a long time. All the best for the coming season, stay safe and see you on the beach.

LSOC Executive & State Officers Reports State Training & Assessment Supervisor – Katrina Antony

Overview and Highlights Clubs had another successful season of Skills Maintenance with more members endorsed to support skills maintenance than ever before. The success of these days would not be possible without the valuable input and organisation by our Training and Assessment Officers. These members contribute an enormous amount of time during this short period to ensure that all our members are qualified prior to the start of the season. We had an increase in award processing speed and reduced number of outstanding awards and with more clubs continuing to use the Trainer App. This has reduced the amount of administration for members and staff. The continued upskill of members through training and assessment qualifications opportunities was significant with a high number of our members partaking in the first aid and emergency care qualifications. I commend all those members who continue to gain more qualifications and keep their awards current.


The priority for the season ahead will be the opportunities targeted for our Training and Assessment Officers and Chief Instructors to ensure they are prepared for the season. We will continue to seek feedback from our Training and Assessment Officers and Chief Instructors on how we can improve systems and processes. There will be a focus on increased delivery for members of the advanced lifesaving awards such as SMBM, SMAR, IRBC and IRBD. The V2 Trainer App and support videos due to be released this month will support improvements this season. We can alleviate the paperwork and processing time if all clubs, trainers and assessors move towards the Trainer App. Moving Forward I would like sincerely to thank all Volunteer State Officers, Area Training and Assessment Officers their Assistants, Trainers and Assessors who work tirelessly with dedication and passion to contributing to the training and assessing of club members. Thank you to the Volunteer Training staff for their work over the past year. I would like to make a special mention of David Rylance and Alison Porter who have dedicated so much time, passion and expertise to the LSOC Executive whilst provided valuable leadership and support to myself. I look forward to seeing everyone on the beach. State Resource Research & Development Officer – Alison Porter

Overview and Highlights This season saw it very busy one right from the beginning. We did achieve a lot, however. Flexible online award options available for seven key awards, making it easier and in many cases more efficient for members to undertake training. COVID-19 training Risk Assessment / Safety Plan completed, which is more important than ever right now given we are currently in Stage 4 Lockdown in the Melbourne CBD and training for the coming season will provide an interesting dynamic for all those involved, however I feel we're up for the challenge. Improved access, support and delivery of Skills Maintenance activities, where coming into this role, my first point of call was to improve the quality of the questions used for skills maintenance and make them more relevant. While they are still not perfect, I do believe there is a good improvement from a few years ago. Delivery of the blended ART award option, which is crucial given social distancing is going to the new norm. Initiate planning for the Health package review, which is the whole of the health training package, however it'll still impact certain courses LSV run. Incorporate the PSAR 35th edition into business as usual activities for SRC and Bronze Medallion award resources. Moving Forward I have been in this role for the past 6 years, however as my job (my paid one) has become more and more busy over the past 12 months in particular, I have found it increasingly difficult to find the time to dedicate the time to this role. Throughout the past 6 years I have been amazed by the support the staff in Volunteer Training had for not only the myself, Dave and Katrina, but all trainers, assessors and chief instructors. I do believe I've achieved a lot in conjunction with the my


fellow executive and the staff and in particular with Dave, Katina and Jenna and to Andy and Micah and know it'll continue to grow and expand and provide additional resources for clubs, trainers and assessors. State Emergency Management Officer – Hugh Day

Overview and Highlights

The 2019/2020 season saw a number of new challenges thrown our way in the Emergency Management space with the Victorian Bushfires and the Coronavirus 19 Pandemic.

Throughout these challenges, LSV has strengthening its position within Emergency Management Victoria (EMV) and have formed new and stronger relationships with other organisations working towards the common goal of keeping Victorians Safe.

LSV have been fortunate to secure a seat at the EMV State Control Centre for our Emergency Management Liaison Officers (EMLOs) to work side by side with our key partner agencies, Ambulance Victoria and Victoria Police. These EMLOs were pivotal to LSV's intelligence gathering processes and inter-agency cooperation and is a program that is sure to continue with great success.

LSV committed to having an EMLO in the State Control Centre every Tier 3 Emergency day and for the most part we achieved that commitment, with an exception for some of the tail end days of the Victorian Bushfires disaster.

We also saw the trial program for the Remotely Piloted Aircraft and Systems (drones) conducted to evaluate where they may fit into LSV's structure and the strengths and weaknesses identified accordingly. Whilst with the limited visibility at beaches limiting the extent in which we had planned to trial the RPAS over the summer period, a good understanding is now held in regards to the operation and we look forward to the upcoming season, as challenging as it may be, to get the RPAS service to as many locations as we can.

Moving Forward

With the uncertainty coming into the 2020/2021 season surrounding what patrols are going to look like, we continue to look forward to continuing to expand our presence in the Emergency Management space and keep an open mind in respect to how LSV and our volunteers may be called upon to help keep Victorians safe. A great example of this was the many LSV staff and volunteers that were down at the Ministry of Housing flats assisting residents locked down with logistical supplies.

State Gear & Equipment Officer /Lifesaving Services Representative – Hamish McKendrick

Overview and Highlights Over the past 12 months the gear and equipment within the organisation has grown and the demand from manufacturers and suppliers to enter the Lifesaving Market has also increased substantially.


Throughout the season there has been a tremendous amount of work relating to gear and equipment inspections in particular from our Lifesaving Operations officers and I have received a lot of feedback from clubs that this process went extremely well this year. We have also seen one of the highest years in terms of Equipment passing in a long time. I would like to thank all the Clubs and volunteers Lifesaving Operations officers, power craft inspectors and staff who made this process run so well. Latest inspections showed 8115 items passed, 239 re inspections, 10 items had to be discarded and 822 items remained uninspected. This is something I have been looking at and am working on strategies to improve our overall inspection strategy. These figures are really impressive and are a testament to the fantastic work of all out members. Moving Forward I would like to inform our membership that BRP announced it has discontinued production of Evinrude E-TEC outboard engines effective immediately. This means the 25hp IRB engine is no longer available. We are in discussions with SLSA to ensure we maintain access to suitable IRB engines indefinitely. The alternative manufactures of IRB engines remain approved and available. I look forward to working with our members over the next twelve months to ensure we are giving them the best possible equipment to save lives.

State Lifesaving Communications Officer/Lifesaving Services Representative – Grace Lightfoot

Overview and Highlights In the LSV Communications space we have triumphed through a season which saw us having to quickly adapt and change our mode of operations to continue to provide our lifesavers and lifeguards on the beach with the best support possible. At the beginning of the season the Port Melbourne Communications Centre underwent a complete refurbishment, which has delivered a modern and advanced space where multiple incidents can be managed as well as helping to provide an easy means of communication to lifesaving services and patrols. We also had our largest intake ever, of 15 new operators bringing our total team up to 45 trained communications operators. The Communication Center also changed its operating hours to reflect the sign on times of lifeguards and lifesaving patrols which helped positively reflect our commitment to supporting all members and patrols. Furthermore, I have been working alongside six other lifesaving members to continue to develop LIMSOC and GEMS to best reflect what we want to get out of this and how our systems can help to make our operations on the beach easy. Our group meets once a month and we have already developed some exciting items that will be implemented prior to the 2020/21 season. For the upcoming season in the Radio space we will continue to streamline and develop the Digital Radio Network and Radios, as well as, producing training material which can be easily accessed by all and reflects the way we use our radios every day. Last year we began work to identify and resolve black spot signal issues clubs were facing.


While the majority of clubs have since had this issue resolved thanks to our operations team, it is a top priority to continue to work with those still struggling with signal issues to ensure every club in Victoria can rely on their radios to communicate with each other and LSV Comms. We are currently working with these clubs and our partnership agencies to find effective solutions. Moving Forward I would like to extend a huge thank you to all clubs for their feedback and patients through this process, I hope that we can continue to successfully work together to resolve any radio, or other communication issues. I would also like to thank all the LSV Comms Operators, Todd Richards, Grant Richey, James Coutie, Sam Richardson, and Hugh Day for all their hard work in the communications space throughout the past year.

State Powercraft Officer – Gordon Porter

Overview and Highlights This season I consulted with Peter Howarth to assist in the process of developing a new Vessel Safety Management Systems to align LSV with national laws; to bring in a more structured approach to operating, reporting and recording details and incidents of LSV's Powercraft. Powercraft inspections were completed well this season, with a continuing improvement year on year of the general standard of equipment across the state. More joint S&R training in areas occurred this season, helping to improve the skills and knowledge of operators in all facets. To continue to assist clubs and services in improving their knowledge and skills. To continue the joint S&R training in areas and across the state to help further improve response times and reduce severity of any incidents. To assist in the implementation of the new Vessel Safety Management Systems. Further increasing the compliance of gear inspections and the follow up process. Moving Forward I would like to give a big thank you to the Area Powercraft personnel and all those who have assisted in the gear inspection process. State Training Membership Development Officer – Jenna-Rose Sheehan Jones

Overview and Highlights In training and assessment, we have had a busy year, and I can imagine this won’t slow down. Some of the accomplishments for my role and the Training exec are; Over 120 new TOC members in last 2 years and over 600 endorsed, TAFs Improved support tools (Handbook / Forms / Scenarios Guide), Addition of a Volunteer Support Officer to the team to name a few. A few points that I will be working towards this coming year with another term in this role will be; We have planned Six targeted TAF PD pre-season sessions planned for TAFs coming soon and are developing and will role out a revised model for the Facilitation of TOC courses. Moving Forward


I would really like to thank the amazing team of volunteers I work with in the council to develop our TAF needs as well at Micah and Andy at LSV. I feel lucky to be a part of a team that works so well together and can't wait for the next few seasons ahead.

Council Representative – Mark Scott ESM

Overview and Highlights This year saw many new changes and challenges from the welcoming of new staff appointments and structure changes, the shocking fire season followed by the current COVID-19 Pandemic causing the patrol session to be severely affected and finally cut short. These events had great impact on our volunteers and the ability to deliver their lifesaving services. It was great to see how innovative our volunteers where at adapted to manage these issues, changes and challenges again highlighting the adaptability of our volunteers and the skill and expertise in our Patrolling Lifesaving clubs. Other activities undertaken in this role:

• Attended LSOCE and LSOC. Meetings and activities. • Supported and raised club and members issues. • Working with an open and innovative Training and Assessment team. • Participated in Strategic Plan. • Represented the LSOC Council at last year’s LSV AGM. • Supporting our lifesaving State Officers and volunteers.

That the LSOCE becomes more transparent and inclusive for all. And that delegates can have more direct input into decisions and processes of LSOC and how these actions affect their clubs. As I will not be continuing as the Council Representative. I congratulate James Carew on his appointment and wish him well in this role. And welcome Katrina Anthony in her new role as Director of Training and Assessment along with Catherine Paulsen, Davina Jackson, Jenna-Rose Sheehan who will be joining the LSOCE and the many others taking on training and assessment state roles. Moving Forward In closing I would like to personally thank all the volunteers and staff who supported me in this role through these trying times and wish them well in their endeavors. I look forward to seeing you all on the beaches or around lifesaving once we can return to what we all love doing volunteering in lifesaving.


Commissioner Andrew Crisp addressing the Lifesaving Conference

Club Conference 2019


Bass Area Officers’ Reports

Bass Clubs: Cape Paterson SLSC, Inverloch SLSC, Venus Bay SLSC, Waratah Beach SLSC, Wonthaggi LSC and Woolamai Beach SLSC Bass Lifesaving Operations Officer – Terry Aslanidis

Overview and Highlights The 2019-2020 season started off slow and steady with Gear Inspections taking place among the six Bass clubs during November. All clubs performed well during this time, especially Cape Patterson, who were working out of shipping containers and had equipment stored at people’s homes. Throughout the season, as LOO, I maintained contact with Club Captains giving them important updates from LSV especially during the Victorian Bushfire crisis and the Covid-19 Pandemic. There were no major incidents throughout the region of which I had to attend. There were a small number of ‘out of hours’ rescues with Wonthaggi SLSC and Woolamai SLSC completing these early in the season. This year saw a new Beach fall under the umbrella of the Bass Region. Smiths Beach, the most popular beach on Phillip Island sees thousands of visitors per day. Smith’s Beach has been an outpost patrol location for many years with members from Woolamai Beach patrolling the sand and water. We were also lucky enough to have Smiths Beach and Woolamai Beach patrolled by the Australian Lifeguard Service over Christmas Day. With one critical rescue at Woolamai on Christmas Day, we saw the importance of having Lifeguards watch over beaches during this festive day. Despite our season ending short, Clubs did an amazing job to make sure there were people volunteering their beaches. Partial Patrols for the season include Cape Patterson 2; Inverloch 0; Venus Bay 0; Waratah 2; Wonthaggi 1; Woolamai 0. Targets that I have developed for the 2020-2021 season for the region are: 100% patrol efficiency. I would like to continue my relationship with the club captains and clubs and be more involved in emergency management within the Bass region. I would also like to visit each club at least once after gear inspection to show my support and to see how things are travelling. Communicate and work with the Area Training Officer and Volunteer Support Officer on how we can support our clubs. Moving Forward I would like to thank all the people who have helped and guided me through my first year of being in this role especially Jennifer Pearson (VSO) for providing me with weekly updates/stats and supporting me and my clubs.


Bayside Area Officers’ Reports

Brighton LSC, Hampton LSC, Sandringham LSC, Half Moon Bay SLSC, Black Rock LSC, Beaumaris LSC

Bayside Training & Assessment Officer – Helen Quinn

Overview and Highlights This season I delegated most of my duties across to Steven Thirlwall as we were trialing a transition year to ensure Steven was able to interact and meet all the members in Bayside, and to enable a smooth change over in the 2020/2021 season. I am proud to say that Bayside ran smoothly again and clubs interacted with each other to ensure awards and skill maintenance were completed in a timely manner. Bayside numbers stay pretty consistent each year. We were able to get a number of Trainers/Assessors and Cert IV holders through the compulsory upgrades during the off season. Allowing us to be back up and running again by the 1st of November, ready for the first skill maintenance sessions and awards to be ran. I would like to thank Mark Pratt, for his effort in helping Bayside trainers, assessors and cert IV holders through their upgrade. Without his assistance, we would have struggled. For the first time in a long time we have three people nominated for Trainer of the year Andrew Lawrence, Carol Lawrence and Simona Pardo. I wish them all the best for the awards of excellence. Bayside area has an amazing group of Trainers, Assessors and Facilitators and all the members in the area, has made it an extremely rewarding area to lead over the past 7 to 8 seasons and I feel extremely privileged to be able to lead such an amazing team of people to a successful outcome. Every year we say to increase awards, this year is to be able to get back on the beach safely during this pandemic we are currently experiencing in Victoria at present and ensuring the safety of all members in Bayside area. Decrease Patrol faults and no shows, for this we need the clubs’ input into why these happened this year and what strategies the clubs are initiating to help reduce the patrol defaults and no shows. I would also like to see the larger clubs assist the smaller clubs, when they are struggling with patrols. I know this last season, this was quite hard to do, because Victoria was not only hit by the current Pandemic, but also the bush fires earlier in the year. Learnings from this season, is nothing ever goes to plan; however, we still must push through and keep going. Moving Forward Congratulations Bayside and thank you for all your guidance, help and assistance and stepping up and keeping the area going, over the past 8 years together as a team, we have achieved a lot and we have raised the bar, everyone in Bayside should be proud of the efforts you have put in and what you have achieved. I would like to thank Andrew Lawrence and Harry Hannis for being my assistance area officers over the past 7 seasons, you both have been amazing support.


I would like to thank Steven Thirlwall, for stepping up in the past couple of seasons and I would like to thank Mark Pratt for his guidance and assistance over the past 8 years, in making processes smoother and more manageable in Bayside. I would like to thank Bayside and LSV for their fast assistance in actions with the pandemic. Please remember Bayside success is due to the efforts, that the Bayside members have put in, you have all inputted into the strategies we have used in Bayside, you need to keep speaking up and inputting into what happens in Bayside, as it is a community of people that makes Bayside run smoothly, you all know what works and what doesn't. Even through, I am stepping down this season, I will l still be around Bayside, training, assessing, and facilitating courses and assessment. I will see you down at the beach this summer. Thank you for having me as your Area Training and Assessing Officer.

Bayside Lifesaving Operations Officer – Alexander Walton

Overview and Highlights Firstly, I would like to thank all the volunteer patrollers and club leadership teams for the amazing efforts put in throughout the season. Overall, the 2019/20 season went quite smoothly for the Bayside region, with beach attendances being lower than previous season, and a reduction in first aid cases being treated by clubs. We did see an increase in the number of rescues performed by clubs, although the increase was very minimal compared to previous seasons. The annual gear and equipment inspections were fantastic this season, with minimal issues occurring with equipment. I would like to thank Mark Pratt for his assistance with inspecting the Powercraft, Mitchell James for his assistance with inspecting the other patrol equipment, as well as the clubs for preparing and presenting the equipment in a nice and efficient way. The patrol inspections went very well this season, with only minimal issues being identified for improvement. Moving Forward I look forward to working with each club captain and their patrollers throughout the 2020/21 season. Next season, I am keen to work closer with the club captains at looking for ways to improve our performance at a district level. Some of the ways I would like to achieve this is by working towards:

• More collaboration between clubs (with patrols and training). • Increased involvement & communication with clubs. • Running district-level training sessions.


Geelong Area Officers’ Reports

Bancoora SLSC, Barwon Heads/13th Beach SLSC, Ocean Grove SLSC and Point Lonsdale SLSC

Geelong Training & Assessment Officer – Phillip Hughes

Overview and Highlights Like many other areas, season 2019-20 was a big challenge for all Geelong area clubs predominately due to the loss of a large number of highly experienced and long serving Assessors whom chose not to upgrade their Cert IV qualifications which lead to some of the Geelong area clubs going through the season with only one or two Assessors. This was evident by the number of new awards completed by clubs throughout this season. Skills Maintenance activities in our area were also compromised this season due to the lack of currently qualified and proficient Assessors/Trainers leading to the Geelong area having to place limits on the number of candidates who could attend a particular Skills Maintenance session. This did cause some angst amongst our members who failed to pre-register through Members Training and who just turned up to said skills maintenance activity. Moving Forward I would like to take this opportunity to say a BIG thank all Trainers & Assessors for their contribution to training and assessment activities in the Geelong area this season, in particular those from the Surf Coast & LSV whom assisted with the Pt Lonsdale Bronze assessment in December.

Geelong Lifesaving Operations Officer – Nick Giblin

Overview and Highlights This season the Geelong area held their first multi-club and interagency training exercise at Ocean Grove Beach. In collaboration with the local AMSAR service Coastal Watch, LSV Drone Service, LSV RWC Service and Bellarine Police; the Geelong Area volunteers were able to successfully complete an exercise involving an overturned vessel and multiple missing persons. This was a great start to the season that sparked excitement across the area. Gear inspection followed and all clubs were able to pass with no concerns leaving them prepared for the season ahead. Our clubs were able to assist the community on several occasions this summer and had multiple requests for after hour call outs to assist other agencies where required. Moving Forward Next season it will be important for our members to continue to challenge themselves and engage in professional development and further training where possible next season. Growing each clubs base of patrolling members will assist the area in providing a great service in protecting the community. We are planning to conduct another interagency training exercise this summer and


growing it to the next level as well as organising some information and demonstration sessions from other agencies who we may find ourselves working with.

Kingston Area Officers’ Reports

Aspendale LSC, Bonbeach LSC, Carrum SLSC, Chelsea Longbeach SLSC, Edithvale LSC, Frankston LSC, Mentone LSC, Mordialloc LSC and Seaford LSC

Kingston Training & Assessment Officer – Catherine Paulsen

Overview and Highlights This year has been another great year to see the Kingston Area work together once again. Despite the challenges that have been thrown at us at the end of the season due to COVID-19 which saw our season come to an end very quickly and training having to be ceased. We were able to start-up semi-regular catchups of the Chief Instructors and Club Captain’s to chat about training and assessing and operational issues and needs. It’s been a great platform to get us all together and working out what we, as an area, need to do and what help the clubs want and need us to do, to help them achieve more for their club members, trainers and assessors. It was again great to see several of the Kingston Club’s working together to run joint courses to get their members qualified in more awards and opening up their re-qual dates to the members of Kingston. The joint courses are a great way for clubs to be able to work together and for members to be able to learn from multiple clubs and their trainers and assessors. Whilst again we have been able to continue training multiple awards one of my main target areas for the next season will be more courses for IRB Driver and IRB Crews. This is one of the most time consuming and hardest courses for individual clubs to run so, if we can all work together and come together to achieve more IRB qualifications for the area will be fantastic. Moving Forward I’d like to thank all of our members of the area as well as our incredible chief instructors, trainers and assessors that keep our clubs rolling. Without everyone’s dedication and hard work our members on the beach would not be who they are if it weren’t for you and our courses would not be run as well as they are. I’d also like to say thank-you to those of you who have been there to offer me guidance and support throughout the season. Without your guidance and support that you have all given me, I would be lost and cannot thank-you all enough. I look forward to what the next season brings and the challenges which I have no doubt that are going to be thrown at us to be able to keep doing what we do. As always, we will all overcome these and come out bigger and better than always. See you on the beach!


Kingston Lifesaving Operations Officer – Darren McLeod

Overview and Highlights Well that was an ‘interesting/challenging’ season to say the least, thank you to all Kingston clubs on the way they conducted their patrols/operations during the bushfire/smoke haze conditions, and as the season started to wrap up and come to an abrupt holt due to COVID-19. Well done to Edithvale SLC, who moved into their new facility, great outcome after the lengthy rebuild process. Several meetings were held with clubs to discuss the prior year defaults and with collective thoughts/recommendations for the coming season. All clubs completed their gear and equipment audits; there was minimal issues with the equipment presented. Thanks to Lloyd Thomas (Bonbeach LSC) and Craig Stoodley (Frankston LSC) who conducted the IRB equipment audits. It has been great to see a decrease in patrol defaults. All Clubs are working hard to achieve this improvement and work towards our mission to prevent aquatic related death and injury. Moving forward increased inter-club training and assessment, including interagency emergency response scenarios, particularly around Patterson River. Continue the high level of lifesaving services within the region. It is understood Bonbeach LSC will be rebuilding this season; therefore, neighboring clubs may be called upon to assist with gear storage and/or personnel from time to time. Moving Forward Specific thanks to the Club Captains and all members for their hard work, dedication and support over the season. See you on the beach.

Otway Area Officers’ Reports

Apollo Bay SLSC, Kennett River SLSC and Wye River SLSC Otway Training and Assessment Officer – Sebastian Phoenix

Overview and Highlights Excellent numbers of new SRC and BM members coming through at Apollo Bay, Wye River and Kennett River. The shortened season made a hole in plans to gain more IRB, ARTC and Provide First Aid awards, hopefully these gaps will be filled in the forthcoming season. Key priorities include ongoing success of gaining new members through the school’s programs and continuing the joint participation in courses from all Otway clubs and external clubs to Otway where practicable. Moving Forward Many thanks to the excellence of the continuing Trainers and Assessors without whom it would not be possible to have a successful district.


Otway Lifesaving Operations Officer – Jenna-Rose Sheehan

Overview and Highlights I have assisted in developing a surf safety working group for the Colac Otway Shire. We have developed this in light of the region being a high-risk area, as well as, responding to past incidents within the community. This group is made up of myself from LSV, and a few people from each emergency service and 2 council representatives who are able to support decisions and drive changes in the area. As part of this I am working with LSV and the Colac Otway Shire to amend old signage and erect new signage where there are many short falls. I also want to acknowledge the growth Apollo Bay SLSC has made over the past few years, and how well they have become involved in the community and assisting me with various tasks throughout the year. I really appreciate the open communication and the enthusiasm within lifesaving and the emergency service industry. Moving Forward In the next 12 months, I hope to work with some of the clubs in the areas who have had an increasing number of defaults, which include the number of available patrollers and awards on the beach. I hope to run some inter-club situational emergency training and rescues if our state health permits this.

Peninsula Area Officers’ Reports

Dromana Bay LSC, Gunnamatta SLSC, Mornington LSC, Mount Martha LSC, Point Leo SLSC, Portsea SLSC, Rosebud & McCrae LSC and Sorrento SLSC

Peninsula Training & Assessment Officer – Simon Wilson

Overview and Highlights This season a great effort from our dedicated Trainers & Assessors across the Peninsula. The added challenges of more upgrades for Bronze, First Aid & ARC trainers, and assessors’ preseason, along with the lovely D9, did put some extra pressure on however it was handled very well. Thank you to the team of great Chief Instructors from our clubs - Brit Morganthaler (Point Leo), Jess Lamb (Portsea), Howard Draper (Sorrento), David Stogdale (Gunnamatta), Keiran McAuley (Mornington), Meredith Woods (Rosebud), Steve Whelan (Dromana) and Craig Dullard (Mt Martha) After four years as Area officer I am moving on. It’s been great to see the clubs on the Peninsula build their trainer & assessor capacity over that period and become less dependent on the Area Officer to conduct courses for them. This provides the clubs with the opportunity to peruse their own training schedules to meet their club’s needs without being beholden to the Area Officer.


The next Area Officer needs to ensure the clubs maintain their autonomy and not need to seek permission to run courses. Moving Forward Bronze Assessors With the removal of units of competency from the Bronze Medallion there are some former assessors that can now be brought up to date so they can start assessing again. Silver Medallion – Aquatic Rescue The next project needs to be seeking suitably qualified people to become Trainers & Assessors of this award so that it can be delivered on the Peninsula. The Peninsula Area There needs to be an examination of the size of the Peninsula Area. While it involved eight great clubs, it is too large and diverse for a volunteer to appropriately support. It was initially two separate districts of four clubs each and I recommend it be revered back to that.

Peninsula Lifesaving Operations Officer – Cohen Doyle

Overview and Highlights This season we were faced with multiple incidents, one was the discovery of a deceased person off Mornington. This led to LSV working closely with Victoria Police Rescue. Improve the working relationship between the clubs in my area to enable more training courses to run with the ability for all members in my area to participate. This should hopefully improve the ability to decrease patrol defaults as more members can increase their awards held. Moving Forward Andy Knott has been appointed as my assistant for the upcoming season with the intention of potentially taking over my role for the following season, due to work commitments.

Surf Coast Area Officers’ Reports

Anglesea SLSC, Jan Juc SLSC, Torquay SLSC, Fairhaven SLSC and Lorne SLSC Surf Coast Lifesaving Operations Officer – Paul Lunny

Overview and Highlights The 2019/20 season involved many challenges apart from the obvious impact of COVID-19 the Surf Coast also had two clubs undergoing construction works during the patrol period. I would like to congratulate Jan Juc and Anglesea for maintaining services. This involved significant levels of planning and operational modifications. I have also attended to a number of major incidents in the region and in each case the actions of the members involved was outstanding.


Work has continued with the Surf Coast Shire in understanding the most effective role of clubs and members during critical community incidents. Ultimately this will assist in strengthening clubs standing as valued community assets and services. I have continued to represent LSV as a member of the Barwon South West Regional Emergency Management Team and also the Surf Coast Shires Municipal Fire Management Planning and Municipal Emergency Management Planning Committee. Moving Forward The key priorities for the next season involve:

• Representing LSV within the emergency service arena for the region. • Ensuring that the capabilities and resources are recognised and utilised for the benefits of

the communities. • Continuing development of relationship with local government and other key agencies. • Continuing to develop relationships with clubs and provide support that will assist in

delivering lifesaving services (particularly given the likely impact of the current COVID environment.

• Monitoring of activities to ensure efficient and safe lifesaving services are provided. • Initiating proactive responses to high risk areas on the surf coast.

Western Area Officers’ Reports

Mildura LSC, Port Campbell SLSC, Port Fairy SLSC, Portland SLSC and Warrnambool SLSC

Western Training & Assessment Officer – James Green

Overview and Highlights Firstly, thanks to our western area clubs who have supported the T&A officers this year, Jo. Kristie and I have really enjoyed the year and believe that we have increased the level of TAF participation and enjoyment within the area. I certainly have enjoyed working with the club chief instructors, all trainer and assessors, and presidents this year. Without their help, the role would be difficult. The great part about our area is that my role is made so much easier when clubs are self-sufficient at TAF responsibilities. When additional TAF's are required at a club, other clubs are so willing to be involved and help, again making my role so much more enjoyable. A big thanks to each clubs training and assessment teams. Mildura LSC also had a good growth spurt in members and awards, through the help of their southern brothers willing to help and spend time training and assessing in Mildura, some 600 km away. In particular I would like to thank Shane Maslin, Paul Buchanan, Rod Sharam, Sharon Brigham, Katrina Antony and Jamie Terrance for their time to help Mildura. The training program for the Area has already been mapped out by the area chief instructors and will be published soon for 20/21 season.


Our key priorities for next year are:

• Continue with TAF SM day so all can relax and assess at the club SM days. • Continue to run joint club training activities in all awards. • Promote and support member applications for LSV awards. • Promote succession planning for all TAF roles in the club and area. • Continue to work closely with LSV training department. • Continue the T&A role with our remote club Mildura. • Continue to conduct area TAF meetings to help coordinate the TAF roles and

responsibilities. Moving Forward Our Western Training and assessment assistants Kristie Chiller and Jo McDowell have been exceptional in their role to support and assist our clubs with Training and assessment duties. They have really taken the pressure off all our western area chief instructors, trainers and assessors. So, I must thank them both for their time and energy. Jo and Kristie have both accepted to continue in the role again this coming year. Our 5 chief instructors Daryl, Shaun, Jo, Lara and Dennis have been great at training their own club members but also helping out our other clubs with their individual training requirements when needed. Our club trainers and assessors have been exceptional again this year and I thank them all for their time and assistance with T&A. Finally, I would like to thank a few other members who I believe have gone that step further to make training and assessing a bit easier on us all. David McKenzie, Scott McKenzie, Shane Maslin, Adrian Adams, Paul Buchanan, James Terrance, Dean Kilpatrick, and Kym Mayberry, from club land and Micah, Andy, Simon and Katrina from LSV - thank you all. Western Lifesaving Operations Officer – Christopher Sharam

Overview and Highlights Overall, the Western area comprising of Mildura, Portland, Port Fairy, Warrnambool and Port Campbell had a successful season. Throughout visits to and communication with each of these clubs I was able to see the high standard of operation each of these clubs maintain during patrols and after-hours activities. A number of the clubs were involved in major incidents both during patrol hours as well as after hours. All of these incidents were effectively managed in a professional manner by all members involved. I would specifically like to recognise the outstanding efforts from the Port Campbell SLSC who were able to assist other agencies in a large-scale search and rescue operation that extended over a number of days at the beginning of the season. Well done to all the clubs who were able to adapt as COVID-19 hit and begun to rapidly change the way in which operations occurred. The rapid response the clubs showed to change in the western region was outstanding and well done by all the members involved. Due to the current climate it may be difficult to see some of my key priorities fulfilled over the next 12 months. But in saying this, areas I would like to focus on include.

• A further decrease in patrol defaults across the region with an aim of no defaults.


• An increase in multi-agency interactions during training and PD sessions, briefing and debriefing sessions before and after every operational activity.

• I would like to show an increase in my presence during patrolling hours at each of the clubs.

• Improvement of after-hours operation plans where required. Moving Forward Thank you to all the boards of management from each club as well as the regions training and assessment team who have all done an amazing job this season.

Volunteer members helping with the COVID-19 response.


Officers Reports Continued

The following Officer reports were not submitted prior to report completion:

• Port Phillip Training & Assessment Officer – Darrel Gill• Port Phillip Lifesaving Operations Officer – James Quine• Surf Coast Training & Assessment Officer – Tim Mason• Gippsland Lifesaving Operations Officer – Barrie Smith• Gippsland Training & Assessment Officer – Murray Colvin• Bass Training & Assessment Officer – Rhiannon McCorriston• Training Strategy & Communication Officer – Darcy Cummins• State Service Efficiency & Standards Officer - Jack Slykhuis


2019-20 100+ Patrol Hour Awardees

Bronze

Organisation First Name Last Name Volunteer

Hours Waratah Beach Zachary Fullagar 100 Edithvale Dianne Montalto 100 Portsea Andrew Kiss 100 Altona Josh Charlesworth 100.5 Waratah Beach Jameson Trainor 101 Beaumaris Isobel Long 101 Lakes Entrance Lily Derham 101 Chelsea Longbeach Tony Payne 101 Sandringham Jeroen Weimar 101.25 Waratah Beach Olivia Makowski 101.5 Gunnamatta Gregory Malone 101.5 Port Melbourne Michael Malliaros 102.67 Cape Paterson Connor Scheid 103 Port Melbourne Phoebe Browne 103 Waratah Beach Emma McCoach 103.5 Cape Paterson Reuben Crawford-Rust 104 Mordialloc Zaine Leonard 104 LSV RWC Service Owen Harris 104 Bonbeach Elsie Zvara 104.25 Woolamai Beach Will Slator 104.5 Hampton Harry Curtis 104.5 Cape Paterson Terry Prendergast 105 Woolamai Beach Mark Bain 105 Edithvale John Nightingale 105 Barwon Heads 13th Beach Samantha Cain 107.75 Sandringham Lucas Pardo 108.75 Seaford Michael Jacobsen 109 Chelsea Longbeach Trish Armonio 109.17 Seaspray James Robbins 110 Dromana Bay Julie Crea 110 Beaumaris Cian Rennie 110.08 Waratah Beach Morgan Eastwood 110.5 Port Melbourne Josiah England 111 Ocean Grove Wesley Prosser 112.25 Bancoora Edward Page-Walker 113 Apollo Bay Darren Hill 113 Mount Martha Simon Perry 113.25 Mordialloc Benjamin Erwin 114 Chelsea Longbeach Leo Faid 114.75 Waratah Beach Sarah Seddon 115 Frankston Craig Farmer 115.75


Waratah Beach Aidan Moriarty 116.5 Waratah Beach Jackson Pavanello 116.5 Port Melbourne Sophia Brooks 117 Chelsea Longbeach Allen Astfalck 117.1 Waratah Beach Benjamin Makowski 118 Dromana Bay Thomas Vander Pal 118.25 Chelsea Longbeach Jack Phillpotts 118.67 Edithvale Kerry Bell 119 Waratah Beach Amity Clarke 119.5 Port Melbourne Charlotte Bree 119.75 Cape Paterson Caitlin Westerling 120 Wonthaggi Thomas Jackson 120

LSV RPAS 2019


Silver

Organisation First Name Last Name Volunteer Hours

Woolamai Beach Zane Smith 120 Portsea Rebecca Gould 120.25 Dromana Bay Guy Davenport 121 Lakes Entrance Jamie Jones 121.5 Dromana Bay Lindsay Vander Pal 123.25 Westpac Lifesaver Rescue Helicopter (VIC) Alex Schwarcz 124 Waratah Beach Jack Kennedy 126 Dromana Bay Emma Vander Pal 127 Dromana Bay Sandra Vander Pal 127 Cape Paterson Sarah Prendergast 128 Mount Martha Zac Lupton 128.42 Carrum Stephen Griffiths 129 Lorne Harvey Marriner 131 South Melbourne Nick Vouk 131.25 Apollo Bay Evelyn Lyons 131.5 Bonbeach Dawn Walterfang 138.5 Lorne Sam Dragovitch 138.5 Beaumaris Margaret Hewett 138.75 Cape Paterson Andrew Napoleone 139 Altona Flynn Mathrick 140.66 Beaumaris Ken Bateman 141.17 Altona Jason Dalby 146.58 Lorne Lucas Karlson 147 Port Melbourne Colin Dale 149 Cape Paterson Tom Morris 149.5 Apollo Bay Calden Lyons 149.5 Bonbeach Lloyd Thomas 153 Cape Paterson Liam Marangio 153.5 Wonthaggi Matthew Madeley 158.25 South Melbourne Alisdair Nolan 160.75 Port Melbourne Darrel Gill 161.5 Port Melbourne Belinda Gill 162.5


Gold

Organisation First Name Last Name Volunteer Hours

Wonthaggi Tara Scott 163.27 Lakes Entrance Amy Curnow 163.5 Port Melbourne Paul Mapley 164.5 Westpac Lifesaver Rescue Helicopter (VIC) Kane Treloar 166.75 South Melbourne Lachlan Hirth 170.75 Carrum Catherine Paulsen 171 South Melbourne Benjamin O'Mahony 171.25 Chelsea Longbeach Jessica Maltby 172.75 Mentone William Pearce 176.25 Cape Paterson Charlie Crawford-

Rust 178.5

Seaford Peter Stones 185.25 Mentone Heath Cananzi 191 Apollo Bay Aidan O'Rourke 193.75 Cape Paterson Alexandra Schapper 200.5 Port Melbourne Tea-Rose Passon 202.5 Port Melbourne Peter Bellion 203.75 Port Melbourne Stephen Brooks 204.25 Mentone Colin Williams 206 Port Melbourne Brett Armstrong 213.75 Westpac Lifesaver Rescue Helicopter (VIC) Wayne Cartwright 345.5

State Lifesaving Operations Centre


2020 Awards of ExcellenceVolunteer Training Awards

Volunteer Training Officer of the Year Winner Joel Farrow – Williamstown S&LSC

Nominees • Andrew Lawrence, Hampton LSC • Carol Lawrence, Hampton LSC • David Morris, Inverloch SLSC • Nicholas Tsekouras, Lorne SLSC • Brittany Morgenthaler, Point Leo SLSC • Simona Pardo, Sandringham LSC • Eve Lardner, Fairhaven SLSC • Terry Aslanidis, Woolamai Beach SLSC

Assessor of the Year Winner Julia Clarke – Fairhaven SLSC

Nominees • Sam Ord, Lorne SLSC • David Stogdale, Gunnamatta SLSC • Tarryn Thom, Inverloch SLSC

Lifesaving Operations Awards Beach Lifeguard of the Year Winner Hannah Tzimokas

Nominees • Kirra Solterbeck • Lewis Howell-Pavia • Michael Owen

Administration Club of the Year Winner

Hampton LSC

Patrol Service Efficiency &Standards Program

Winner Hampton LSC


2020 Life Saving Victoria Major Awards Life Saving Victoria Outstanding Achievement of the YearWinner Starfish Carnival & All Abilities Inclusion Day, Hampton LSC

Nominee • Return to IRB Racing, Fairhaven SLSC

Youth Lifesaver of the Year Winner Lucas Karlson, Lorne SLSC

Nominees • Thomas Burt, Fairhaven SLSC • Matilda Francis, Point Lonsdale SLSC • Nicholas Vouk, South Melbourne LSC • Campbell Smart, Woolamai Beach SLSC

Life Saving Victoria Volunteer of the Year (Graeme Long Memorial Medal)Winner James Green, Port Campbell SLSC

Nominees • James Coutie, Point Lonsdale SLSC • Matthew Taylor, Anglesea SLSC • Adam Lipszyc, Point Leo SLSC • Robert Mellor, Portsea SLSC

Life Saving Victoria Lifesaver of the Year (John Wishart Memorial Medal) Winner Phys Cole, Point Leo SLSC

Nominees • Jessica Sincock, Lorne SLSC • Simon Perry, Mount Martha LSC • Tim Harrison, Point Lonsdale SLSC • Andrew Kiss, Portsea SLSC

Life Saving Victoria Club of the Year (Beaurepaire Shield) Winner Portsea SLSC

Nominees • Fairhaven SLSC • Port Melbourne LSC • Waratah Beach SLSC • Warrnambool SLSC • Williamstown S&LSC • Woolamai Beach SLSC


2019 - 2020 Club Delegates Attendances

Club Name Attendance/ Apology of 4

Club Name

Attendance/ Apology of 4

Altona LSC 3 Mordialloc LSC 2

Anglesea SLSC 4 Mornington LSC 2

Apollo Bay SLSC 4 Mt Martha LSC 2

Aspendale LSC 2 Ocean Grove SLSC 4

Bancoora SLSC 0 Point Leo SLSC 2

Barwon Heads 13th Beach SLSC 4 Point Lonsdale SLSC 4

Beaumaris LSC 2 Port Campbell SLSC 3

Black Rock LSC 2 Port Fairy SLSC 1

Bonbeach LSC 2 Port Melbourne LSC 3

Brighton LSC 4 Portland SLSC 1

Cape Paterson SLSC 1 Portsea SLSC 4

Carrum LSC 4 Rosebud & McCrae LSC 0

Chelsea Longbeach SLSC 2 Sandridge LSC 2

Dromana Bay LSC 3 Sandringham LSC 1

Edithvale LSC 2 Seaford LSC 4

Elwood LSC 4 Seaspray SLSC 1

Fairhaven SLSC 2 Sorrento SLSC 2

Frankston LSC 2 South Melbourne LSC 1

Gunnamatta SLSC 4 St Kilda LSC 2

Half Moon Bay SLSC 4 Torquay SLSC 1

Hampton LSC 4 Venus Bay SLSC 1

Inverloch SLSC 4 Waratah Beach SLSC 3

Jan Juc SLSC 4 Warrnambool SLSC 2

Kennett River SLSC 4 Williamstown S&LSC 4

Lakes Entrance SLS 1 Wonthaggi LSC 4

Lorne SLSC 4 Woodside Beach SLSC 1

Mallacoota SLSC 0 Woolamai Beach SLSC 2

Mentone LSC 3 Wye River SLSC 1

Mildura LSC 1


Volunteer Lifesaving Statistics 2019-2020

Lifesaving Statistics Preventative Actions

First Aid Total

Rescues - Total Attendance

Altona LSC 87 52 1 32,323 Anglesea SLSC 1,493 33 3 20,183 Apollo Bay SLSC 590 7 2 14,567 Aspendale LSC 185 10 3 18,013 Bancoora SLSC 874 34 2 9,744 Barwon Heads 13th Beach SLSC 358 15 7 3,119 Beaumaris LSC 133 6 2 8,416 Black Rock LSC 697 9 3 7,869 Bonbeach LSC 257 12 3 14,558 Brighton LSC 627 19 9 85,686 Cape Paterson SLSC 3,864 9 4 13,071 Carrum SLSC 211 19 2 19,348 Chelsea Longbeach SLSC 51 8 0 21,963 Dromana Bay LSC 75 20 7 13,505 Edithvale LSC 5 4 1 9,256 Elwood LSC 745 15 13 59,847 Fairhaven SLSC 1,708 14 18 10,876 Frankston LSC 240 4 8 53,688 Gunnamatta SLSC 1,065 11 46 7,875 Half Moon Bay SLSC 137 16 3 17,711 Hampton LSC 56 7 1 15,184 Inverloch SLSC 1,192 17 0 11,443 Jan Juc SLSC 984 12 18 11,966 Kennett River SLSC 1,070 3 2 4,164 Lorne SLSC 1,768 7 10 11,563 Mallacoota SLSC 2,600 86 23 47,025 Mentone LSC 288 6 0 1,125 Mildura LSC 194 20 1 34,699 Moridialloc LSC 230 2 3 2,948 Mornington LSC 46 1 0 26,338 Mount Martha LSC 278 22 12 24,621 Ocean Grove SLSC 492 10 7 40,922 Point Leo SLSC 3,514 86 7 37,504 Point Lonsdale SLSC 906 43 6 17,872 Port Campbell SLSC 1,604 7 7 6,660 Port Fairy SLSC 95 5 0 7,831 Port Melbourne LSC 149 34 0 14,692 Portland SLSC 2,099 61 5 17,159 Portsea SLSC 85 3 0 3,362 Rosebud & McCrae LSC 775 10 7 9,497 Sandridge LSC 44 0 2 8,392 Sandringham LSC 20 12 1 6,516 Seaford LSC 324 14 0 17,015 Seaspray SLSC 246 20 5 10,743 SLS Lakes Entrance 128 1 0 4,703 Sorrento SLSC 634 15 1 21,346 South Melbourne LSC 1,014 50 2 37,970 St Kilda LSC 664 49 8 148,975 Torquay SLSC 1,172 46 15 27,180 Venus Bay SLSC 620 7 2 13,345 Waratah Beach SLSC 714 3 0 6,006 Warrnambool SLSC 456 8 0 30,589 Williamstown S&LSC 992 94 1 43,472 Williamstown S&LSC 913 20 0 7,995 Wonthaggi LSC 29 0 0 2,628 Woolamai Beach SLSC (inc Smiths Beach) 4,343 4 13 14,736 Wye River SLSC 308 9 3 6,619

Grand Total 44448 1111 299 1196423


Volunteer Training Statistics 2019-2020 New Awards ART BM FA IRBC SMBM SMIRBD SRC Altona LSC 0 12 18 0 0 0 15 Anglesea SLSC 18 43 12 3 2 0 62 Apollo Bay SLSC 8 43 15 23 4 0 47 Aspendale LSC 3 7 1 1 1 0 8 Bancoora SLSC 10 7 2 3 1 0 5 Barwon Heads 13th Beach SLSC 5 10 2 0 0 0 10 Beaumaris LSC 3 3 4 0 0 3 0 Black Rock LSC 3 12 6 2 3 8 3 Bonbeach LSC 1 7 32 1 0 0 26 Brighton LSC 15 27 8 14 2 0 14 Cape Paterson SLSC 26 44 7 6 0 3 29 Carrum SLSC 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 Chelsea Longbeach SLSC 1 6 6 1 2 1 16 Dromana Bay LSC 4 3 23 1 1 1 1 Edithvale LSC 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Elwood LSC 3 16 4 0 0 0 9 Fairhaven SLSC 57 51 40 10 9 1 49 Frankston LSC 8 5 3 3 1 4 10 Gunnamatta SLSC 15 5 14 7 7 2 1 Half Moon Bay SLSC 3 30 8 12 1 1 17 Hampton LSC 10 18 9 8 3 5 10 Inverloch SLSC 22 49 9 2 4 3 27 Jan Juc SLSC 10 23 8 6 7 3 14 Kennett River SLSC 3 3 1 0 0 0 4 Lakes Entrance SLS 32 29 17 22 6 8 3 Lorne SLSC 24 66 20 25 7 2 45 Mallacoota SLSC 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mentone LSC 7 31 3 10 1 3 25 Mildura LSC 0 6 0 5 0 3 0 Mordialloc LSC 11 10 8 9 0 3 15 Mornington LSC 19 21 4 0 0 0 16 Mount Martha LSC 11 22 20 10 3 3 20 Ocean Grove SLSC 16 58 38 16 1 6 40 Point Leo SLSC 12 49 30 9 4 4 46 Point Lonsdale SLSC 4 52 1 0 3 0 5 Port Campbell SLSC 26 17 11 9 2 2 18 Port Fairy SLSC 8 23 2 0 0 0 14 Port Melbourne LSC 12 15 19 0 0 0 14 Portland SLSC 4 12 0 0 0 0 0 Portsea SLSC 62 96 52 49 12 0 85 Rosebud McCrae LSC 5 9 4 0 0 0 0 Sandridge LSC 3 5 7 2 0 3 0 Sandringham LSC 3 9 1 0 0 2 0 Seaford LSC 6 7 7 5 0 0 0 Seaspray SLSC 8 9 1 1 0 0 12 Sorrento SLSC 3 21 1 2 4 1 14 South Melbourne LSC 8 11 6 9 2 3 3 St Kilda LSC 1 7 5 4 0 1 0 Torquay SLSC 11 25 14 8 10 0 0 Venus Bay SLSC 33 21 20 14 3 0 16 Waratah Beach SLSC 18 33 2 20 0 4 27 Warrnambool SLSC 30 18 24 5 15 3 18 Williamstown Swimming and LSC 8 21 8 7 5 2 14 Wonthaggi LSC 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 Woodside Beach SLSC 0 17 0 0 0 0 2 Woolamai Beach SLSC 74 72 44 35 12 4 37 Wye River SLSC 11 35 0 0 2 0 0

Grand Total 705 1256 604 379 140 92 869


Membership Statistics 2019-2020 Membership Catergories Junior

Activity Member

Cadet Member (13-15)

Active (15-18 yrs)

Active (18yrs over)

Associate General Other Total

Altona LSC 241 34 21 73 289 0 10 668 Anglesea SLSC 480 65 108 129 592 36 73 1,483 Apollo Bay SLSC 112 66 67 44 171 6 189 655 Aspendale LSC 209 15 7 30 5 208 8 482 Bancoora SLSC 106 18 16 40 97 2 170 449 Barwon Heads 13th Beach SLSC 196 24 9 43 86 2 54 414 Beaumaris LSC 69 8 5 21 3 107 13 226 Black Rock LSC 111 19 18 55 118 0 5 326 Bonbeach LSC 58 24 27 37 51 19 66 282 Brighton LSC 229 36 29 91 6 293 22 706 Cape Paterson SLSC 219 35 55 38 225 0 63 635 Carrum LSC 122 9 7 33 84 0 44 299 Chelsea Longbeach LSC 149 30 18 86 92 5 52 432 Dromana Bay LSC 191 6 6 39 1 172 0 415 Edithvale LSC 94 3 5 86 6 39 7 240 Elwood LSC 278 31 43 53 25 270 58 758 Fairhaven SLSC 311 107 119 142 155 434 133 1,401 Frankston LSC 181 16 7 59 60 21 83 427 Gunnamatta SLSC 82 22 19 54 87 0 27 291 Half Moon Bay SLSC 146 22 21 57 33 4 68 351 Hampton LSC 232 33 23 76 233 36 84 717 Inverloch SLSC 241 54 103 60 316 0 22 796 Jan Juc SLSC 284 44 48 139 306 0 30 851 Kennett River SLSC 3 7 6 15 10 0 6 47 SLS Lakes Entrance 113 34 28 37 129 0 30 371 Lorne SLSC 457 72 139 123 528 0 109 1,428 Mallacoota SLSC 1 0 11 15 0 0 16 43 Mentone LSC 360 69 79 574 1 0 8 1,091 Mildura LSC 27 4 8 14 7 0 20 80 Mordialloc LSC 251 44 38 89 9 284 21 736 Mornington LSC 332 37 25 89 332 2 44 861 Mount Martha LSC 343 55 40 114 535 0 24 1,111 Ocean Grove SLSC 393 81 84 91 129 186 271 1,235 Point Leo SLSC 511 76 63 197 487 32 48 1,414 Point Lonsdale SLSC 372 105 124 68 488 2 62 1,221 Port Campbell SLSC 112 28 29 57 47 0 13 286 Port Fairy SLSC 403 40 24 152 87 0 18 724 Port Melbourne LSC 238 25 24 50 94 250 156 837 Portland SLSC 97 10 15 39 50 0 37 248 Portsea SLSC 942 209 185 245 2,305 0 118 4,004 Rosebud McCrae LSC 0 0 1 30 1 1 25 58 Sandridge LSC 5 2 0 48 7 3 8 73 Sandringham LSC 185 9 4 29 15 155 22 419 Seaford LSC 86 13 7 32 1 32 50 221 Seaspray SLSC 152 15 32 33 293 1 38 564 Sorrento SLSC 142 37 35 88 191 40 12 545 South Melbourne LSC 144 25 20 51 85 26 79 430 St Kilda LSC 1 3 4 49 2 0 13 72 Torquay SLSC 498 36 48 126 556 0 74 1,338 Venus Bay SLSC 232 43 43 74 305 0 27 724 Waratah Beach SLSC 214 63 93 52 237 0 51 710 Warrnambool SLSC 283 64 39 126 253 0 50 815


Williamstown Swimming and LSC 305 27 18 86 2 583 239 1,260 Wonthaggi LSC 37 3 10 20 50 1 22 143 Woodside Beach SLSC 97 18 11 3 11 1 47 188 Woolamai Beach SLSC 394 31 72 137 2 256 89 981 Wye River SLSC 151 74 30 50 214 1 21 541 Grand Total 12222 2080 2170 4488 10504 3510 3149 38123

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