Surf Life Saving Queensland (SLSQ) has launched a Surf Crew Car on the Sunshine Coast, aimed at educating the thousands of people who flock to the region’s beaches every week.
The new red and yellow vehicle is part of SLSQ’s Surf Crew Program, which is designed to educate members of the community who may not be familiar with Queensland’s coastal conditions.
Read MoreSLSQ’s new app allows members and surf clubs to readily access all organisational information, events and news that relate to Surf Life Saving Queensland and it’s affiliates.
Read MoreSurf Life Saving Queensland (SLSQ) is seeking applications from highly self-motivated, qualified and proficient surf lifesavers to undertake training and operational duties in a demanding and challenging position.
Read MorePrior to the beginning of the 2018/19 season Surf Life Saving Queensland refurbished the Sunshine Coast Surf Life Saving Communication Centre, SurfCom
Read MoreThe pilots and crew of the Westpac Lifesaver Rescue Helicopter Service (WLRHS) are urging all recreational remotely piloted aircraft (drone) users, to know the risk they present to the service and other low flying emergency services.
The WLRHS’s Caloundra based aircraft, Lifesaver 46, was recently conducting a training operation off Kings Beach, Caloundra. Pilot and Safety Officer David O’Brien spotted a drone flying nearby while they were still winching the ‘patient’ into the cabin.
Read MoreSince its inception more than a century ago, the surf lifesaving movement has delivered a vital service to communities across the state.
In Queensland, the movement dates all the way back to February 1909 when a group of volunteers used a traditional line and belt to pull four women and a man from a treacherous rip at Greenmount Beach on the Gold Coast.
It was the first recorded rescue along Queensland’s coastline and, since then, SLSQ lifesavers and lifeguards have plucked more than 140,000 people from the surf.
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