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| Tasmania’s First Full-Time Lifeguard Service |
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CLARENCE Council partnered with Surf Life Saving Tasmania to secure Tasmania’s first full-time Australian Lifeguard Service over the summer period. The funding agreement allows Surf Life Saving Tasmania to employ Tasmania’s first full-time paid surf lifeguards to provide a week-day surf rescue and patrol service at Clifton Beach. The service complements the voluntary patrols provided by Clifton Beach Surf Life Saving Club on weekends, and provides surf rescue services at Clifton Beach seven days-a-week throughout the summer.  Clarence Mayor Jock Campbell hands over a cheque to Alex Mirowski, Surf Life Saving Tasmania's lifesaving and education officer. “Surf Life Saving Tasmania provides an invaluable service to beach users in Tasmania, and with our support, that service now means for the rest of summer, Clifton Beach will have full-time patrols,” Mayor Campbell said. Clifton Beach is one of Tasmania’s most popular beaches due to its surf and proximity to the metropolitan area Almost 40 per cent of the state’s rescues have occurred at Clifton Beach over the past three years highlighting the service’s importance. Surf Life Saving Tasmania’s lifesaving and education officer Alex Mirowski encouraged all thinking of visiting a beach this summer to make sure it is one patrolled by surf lifesavers or lifeguards. “There are a number of factors that contribute to drowning accidents, these include ignorance, uninformed and unrestricted access to hazards, lack of supervision and inability to cope once in difficulty. Having this service in place will assist us to break this drowning chain by providing supervision and helping to educate beach users on hazards,” Mr Mirowski said. Surf Life Saving Tasmania general manager Tony van den Enden praised the Council for being proactive and for continuing to assist in creating safe beaches for residents and visitors to Clarence. “Last year Tasmania recorded zero drownings on our beaches and it would be great to repeat this in 2007,” Mr Mirowski said.
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