8.9. Notes on Reporting

• Lifeguards Supervisors are to ensure that all of the relevant forms are available for lifeguards to use at any time. All replaced, old versions of forms need to be discarded. (See LGOM Section 1 – Forms Register).
• Any report that co-exists with a Work Cover form or Marine Incident Report Form must be copied and forwarded with the LIMSOC Incident Report Form to your lifeguard supervisor.
• All Minor incidents have a 30 day period in which they must be entered into the LIMSOC database.
• All Major incidents have a 7 day period in which they must be entered into the LIMSOC database and the full investigation must be forwarded to SLSQ.

The data from the Incident Report Log will be collected nationally for drowning, employee injuries, and major rescues. It will provide a national census of risk groups and types of incidents occurring on our beaches; this will allow for the development of risk reduction strategies throughout the organisation.

When a Lifesaving incident has occurred that is not deemed to be major incident the following procedure is to take place:

Incident Investigation

The Head of Lifeguard Operations will determine if an investigation is required and will appoint an investigator.