Purpose

To ensure a consistent and standardised form of communication across NSW the following call signs are to be used by and for all radio communications.

Procedure

Callsign ‘Surfcom’ – All radio command centres

Club

Unit Name Call-sign
Patrol Captain or Patrol Base [Club Name] Patrol
Patrol Captain [Club Name] Patrol Captain
Tower (mobile or fixed) [Club Name] Tower
Flagged Area (waters-edge) [Club Name] Flags
Roving Foot/SSV Patrol [Club Name] Roving or Mobile
IRB* [Club Name] IRB*

*Additional units assigned numbers. I.e. “[Club Name] IRB 1” and “[Club Name] IRB 2”.

Lifeguards (ALS)

Unit Name Call-sign
Patrol Base [Beach Name] Lifeguard
Tower (mobile or fixed) [Beach Name] Tower
Flagged Area (waters-edge) [Beach Name] Flags
Lifeguard RWC [Beach Name] Support Ski
Roving Foot/SSV Patrol [Beach Name] Roving or Mobile
Lifeguard Supervisor [Council Name] 1
Lifeguard Supervisor (additional) [Council Name] 2

Branch

Position Call-sign
Branch Director of Lifesaving [Branch Name] 13
Duty Officer (in command) [Branch Name] 10
Duty Officer (additional) [Branch Name] 11
Duty Officer (additional) [Branch Name] 12

SLSNSW

Department Position Call-sign
Leadership and Management Director of Lifesaving NSW 1
General Manager, Public Safety and Emergency Management NSW 2
Manager, Emergency Management NSW 3
Manager, Lifesaving NSW 4
Communications Systems Manager NSW 5
Manager, AUAVS UAV 1
Operations Manager, ALS Lifeguard 1
State Operations Centre State Operations Centre Surfcom
State Duty Officer NSW 10
Marine Area Command Liaison Officer NSW 20
Emergency Management State Commander NSW 11
Emergency Management Coordinator – North NSW 12
Emergency Management Coordinator – Greater Hunter NSW 13
Emergency Management Coordinator – Metropolitan NSW 14
Emergency Management Coordinator – Southern NSW 15
Emergency Management Team – Unassigned NSW 16-19
Operations – Public Safety Lifesaving Operations Coordinator NSW 24
Support Operations Coordinator NSW 25
SLSNSW Public Safety Staff – Unassigned NSW 26-29
Operations – Lifeguards (ALS) Lifeguard Coordinator – North Coast Lifeguard 12
Lifeguard Operations Coordinator Lifeguard 13
Lifeguard Coordinator – Mid North Coast Lifeguard 14
Lifeguard (ALS) – Unassigned Lifeguard 15-20
Operations – AUAVS AUAVS Operations Coordinator UAV 2
UAV Duty Officer UAV 10
UAV Supervisor (FNC) UAV 11
UAV Supervisor (NC) UAV 12
UAV Supervisor (LNC) UAV 13
UAV Supervisor (HUN/CC) UAV 14
UAV Supervisor (SNB/SYD) UAV 15
UAV Supervisor (ILL/SC) UAV 16
UAV Supervisor (FSC) UAV 17
AUAVS Unassigned UAV 18-20
Communications Testing/Radio Techs NSW 51-59

Helicopters

Unit Call-sign
SLSQ Gold Coast Helicopter Lifesaver 45
Sydney Westpac Lifesaver Helicopter Lifesaver 21
South Coast Westpac Lifesaver Helicopter Lifesaver 23
Westpac Rescue Helicopter Redundancy Aircraft Lifesaver 22
Police Helicopters PolAir 1-5
Police Fixed Wing PolAir 25-26
Ambulance (operated by Toll) Rescue 201-204, 206-206

Rescue Vessels

Unit Call-sign
Randwick Offshore Rescue Boat Surf Rescue 30

Surf Sports

Unit Call-sign
Safety Emergency Management Coordinator [Beach Name] SEMC

Note: All Club, Branch and State run events which have a Safety Emergency Management Coordinator (SEMC) shall use this call-sign.

Last modified: 09/02/24