Exmouth Lifeboat has been busy going to the scene of a capsized fishing boat.
Check out the press release here.
The Lifeboat crew should have their new lifboat station soon. Burts Kite cam in Exmouth has snapped a few more pictures of it being built.
Lots of things happen in December, Christmas, course work deadlines, lead up to the new year and RNLI Beach Llifeguard applications for 2009 start!
From early 2009 applications for next summer are going to be available.
If your interested in working as a Beach Lifeguard check out RNLI Lifeguards
More info on season dates and new beaches that will have RNLI run Lifeguards on them will be available soon I am told.
You wouldn’t think that working on the beach you would do much writing!
We have lots of different forms we have to fill in for different reasons. Some people think that lifeguards just sit around and get a tan. If only they could shadow us for a busy day they would see that there is more to it.
Just some of the paper work we do:
Risk assessments
Training plans
Daily log entries every hour
Daily conditions log/tide log
First aid forms
Incidents forms.
There are lots of other forms we have to do, but these are the ones that spring to mind.
This is the incident form book.
We would have filled one of these out after this kite surfer rescue.
Most of the forms have 3 copies, one for our hut, one for our supervisor and one for our HQ in Poole.
All the statistics you see about Lifeguards in local papers or national media all stem from Lifeguards doing their paper work!
A few more pictures of our RWC as I seem to have a lot!
Patroling with a crew.
Casualty pick up practice.
And punching a wave.
Safety signs are dotted all over Exmouth Beach and the pavement behind the beach. Can you ever have too many?
Our swing board sign with information on the different flags you see on the beach. On the other side we write daily condition information, including wind direction and strength, tide times and estimated air and water temperature.
Council safety signs.
And signs on flag poles.
Remember to read the safety signs when you go to the beach. You shouldn’t be able to miss them! Most beaches have a selection!
