Club hosts SLSNSW Albert Training Program
Our beach, our members, our club shines over the weekend.
How good was it for our club to host members of 9 surf life saving clubs in Illawarra (25 lifesavers) over 1.5days improving their IRB (inflatable rescue boat skills) conducted by the SLSNSW ALBERT Program.
The program consists of theory and practical skills an array of search and rescue skills, search patterns, patient pickups, rescuing patients from surf zones, rock ledge entries, driving & crewing skills to name a few.
We had 4 members doing the program & feed back is they got heaps out of it....thanks guys for attending the program.
Thankyou to the 10 SLS instructors from around NSW for sharing their valuable information and skills to local lifesavers. Cheryl McCarthy & Damien Woods you guys rock .
IRB'S (inflatable rescue boats), ATVS (All Terrace Vehicles) UAV (drone), RWCS (jetskis) resources utilised over the weekend. Thankyou to the clubs that participated & bought resources over the weekend.
SLSI Duty Officers involved in Search & Rescue scenario.
Lastly thankyou to our small team of volunteers who helped coordinate this event, you know who you are, valuable members doing good!
