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Beach Safety

Beach Safety. Grade 5. Lesson 1. Learning Goal 3 Understand basic surf safety and signage. Lifeguards Top Tips. Lifeguards top ten tips http://beachsafe.org.au/surf-ed/lifeguards-top-tips. Flags and Signs.

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Beach Safety

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  1. Beach Safety Grade 5

  2. Lesson 1 Learning Goal 3 Understand basic surf safety and signage.

  3. Lifeguards Top Tips Lifeguards top ten tips • http://beachsafe.org.au/surf-ed/lifeguards-top-tips

  4. Flags and Signs • The most important flags on the beach are the red and yellow flags. These show the supervised area of the beach and that a lifesaving service is operating. If there are no red and yellow flags, you should not go swimming. • http://beachsafe.org.au/surf-ed/flags-and-signs

  5. Warning Signs Warning signs use a yellow background, and include simple symbols to communicate what you should be aware of. It’s important to always observe and abide by the safety signs.

  6. Regulatory Signs Regulatory signs are more important than Warning Signs because they inform you about prohibited activities at the beach. These are red circles, with diagonal lines across a black symbol. There may be penalties imposed if you disregard these signs.

  7. Information Signs Information signs are there to provide information about features or activities which may be present on the beach.

  8. Safety Signs Safety signs are used to indicate the safety provisions or provide safety advice such as emergency beacons, public rescue equipment or first aid.

  9. No Surfing! Lifeguards may put up black and white quartered flags on each side of the red and yellow flags, which indicates the surfcraft exclusion zone. So if you’re surfing, steer clear of the red and yellow flags!

  10. Quiz • Name 5 of the lifesavers top 10 tips. • What are the most important flags on the beach and what do they mean? • What colour are warning signs? • What type of sign is the following and what does it mean? • What sort of things do the blue and white signs tell you? • Safety signs are what colour? • Draw a picture of a ‘no surfing’ sign.

  11. Lesson 2 Learning Goal 4 Understand how rip currents occur and be able to identify a rip.

  12. Rips and Currents • When waves break on a beach, they push water towards the shoreline. Once that water reaches the shore, it has to find a way to get back out to sea, and it does this by flowing downwards into deeper channels in the surf zone. Once the water is in these deeper areas, it can flow back out to sea away from the shoreline. These deeper channels are called rip currents.

  13. Rip Diagram

  14. Spot a Rip The key signs to look for are: • Deeper darker water • Fewer breaking waves • Sometimes sandy colouredwater extending beyond the surf zone • Debris or seaweed • Sometimes it’s easier to look for where the waves are breaking consistently, and then look to each side where they don't break consistently. That’s the rip current! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkObAXrjpzs

  15. Quiz • Rips currents occur when water is _________ towards the shoreline in waves and and then goes back out by flowing ____________ into __________ channels in the surf zone. • What are 3 things you may look for to identify a rip current? • As a general rule, do rip currents occur where waves are breaking consistently or inconsistently?

  16. Lesson 3 Learning Goal 5 Know what to do if caught in a rip current.

  17. Rip Current Survival If you get caught in a rip current, there are two approaches you can take, or a combination of both: 1.     Relax, float and attract attention: if you are on a patrolled beach or there are surfers nearby, you can float with the current and wait for assistance. Sometimes, rip currents can also flow in a circular pattern which will return you back to the sandbank where you can stand up.  2.     Escape the rip current, by swimming parallel to the beach towards the breaking waves. 

  18. What to do in a rip!

  19. Spot the Rip • http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/3470178.htm

  20. Quiz • If you got caught in a rip current, what are the two approaches you could take to get out? • Why should you not just try to swim back towards the beach?

  21. Lesson 4 Learning Goal 7 Know what DRABCD stands for and why it is performed.

  22. CPR What does DRABCD stand for?

  23. CPR is a valuable skill that may not only be used at the beach, but also in the home, work and community. • What does CPR stand for?

  24. Quiz • What does DRABCD stand for? • What is defibrillation? • What is CPR?

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