The State’s waterways will have enhanced safety this summer with the arrival of new vehicles and jet skis following a major funding investment from the NSW Government.
Shire MPs Mark Speakman, Eleni Petinos, Lee Evans and Melanie Gibbons joined for Police and Emergency Services Minister David Elliott at Wanda Beach today to inspect some of the 11 new vehicles and 11 new jet skis for Surf Life Saving NSW.
SLSNSW is increasingly expanding its services beyond just beach patrols, during the summer with volunteers called on to respond to searching for missing swimmers, rockfishers in trouble and watercraft users in distress on a 24/7 basis.
Last year SLSNSW received almost 600 requests for assistance from Emergency Services that were responded to by volunteers.
