Australian Coastal Public Safety Guidelines & Managing your Beach

1. Australian Coastal Public Safety Guidelines & Managing your Beach

2. COASTSAFE • Intelligent & strategic beach safety unit • Collecting data on all Australian beaches • Establishing methodologies and processes to deliver a safer aquatic environment • Support for surf lifesavers and lifeguards, as well as land managers and developers • COASTSAFE can help fulfill the smallest to the largest ‘Duty of Care’

3. ABSAMP • Detailed information on Australia’s 11,560 beaches • ABSAMP will soon be available to selected users online via Surfguard

4. The Australian Coastal Public Safety Guidelines • Designed to inform coastal and beach managers and operators in providing a safer aquatic environment for all users • Readily available guidance for • Coastal land managers & developers • Government authorities; Local and State • Lifesaving Service Providers • Lifeguards and Supervisors

5. The Australian Coastal Public Safety Guidelines • A total of 9 sections covering: • Coastal Safety Signage • General Operation of Beaches • Lifesaving Services • Lifesaving Equipment & Facilities • Emergency Management • Storage of Handling of Dangerous Goods • Coastal Tourism Safety

6. The Australian Coastal Public Safety Guidelines • The first edition is a consultative draft that will have an extensive consultation phase. • Future editions will be released following ongoing input from interested stakeholders.

7. The Australian Coastal Public Safety Guidelines cont….. • Anyone interested in being involved should register before 21st December 2007 • Options for involvement: • - General Consultative Groups • - Specialist Consultative Groups • - Specialty adviser • - an interested observer

8. The Australian Coastal Public Safety Guidelines • If you would like to be involved simply fill in the form included with the Guidelines or go to www.coastsafe.org.au to register

9. Coastal Risk Assessment • Qualified assessors / Auditors and competant • Using the Guidelines, ABSAMP and other data, provide a report which details risks, and more importantly develop a plan to establish a safer beach environment

10. What does the ACPSG mean to your organisation? • The Guidelines will provide a valuable resource for all land managers of coastal environments • Implementation of guidlines will significantly limit exposure to risk and liability • Now there is a single reference for solutions to your coastal public safety requirements

11. How your organisation can use the Guidelines • Use the Guidelines to assess the standard of you coastal safety service provision • As a reference for everyday public safety: • Designating the beach • Aquatic activity zoning • Flags and signage • Required Minimum Service Levels • Surf craft management • Marine stinger management

12. Using the Guidelines • Administration and management • Service Operations Manual • Local operating procedures • Equipment design • Design of club & first aid rooms • Competition • Aquatic activity management

13. Using the Guidelines • Emergency Management • Joint cooperation with other EMS • Body retrieval • Emergency closure of beaches • Storage & handling of dangerous goods

14. The Guidelines and Current Best Practice • Proving valuable guidance • Best practice from around Australia and overseas • They are recommendations for voluntary application to coastal environments in so far as they relate to public safety • Underpinned by risk management principles

15. The Guidelines and Current Best Practice The Guidelines and Underpinning princples: • Risk Management • Evidence Based • Continuous improvement • Stakeholder engagement; consultation and broad input