00:00It's a critical tool to saving a life.
00:06It's really important that there's two in there, one for the person being rescued and
00:11one for the rescuer.
00:13People are going to those remote locations and they're unprepared for what may happen.
00:18They're not checking whether they have mobile coverage.
00:22Timely advice given every drowning this year has occurred at an unpatrolled location.
00:27This summer, there have been ten drownings along the coast, seven of them just in the
00:32last four days.
00:34It marks the second deadliest summer in a decade.
00:38It's just not feasible to have a lifesaver or a lifeguard on every beach up and down the
00:43New South Wales coastline.
00:44Since Christmas Day, more than 1.1 million people have visited the state's coastline,
00:49prompting surf lifesavers to carry out around 200 rescues.
00:53We do have the resources but we can't be everywhere for everyone and that's why we
00:58really need people to understand this warning that the patrol locations is the most safest
01:03locations that you can swim at.
01:07New technology is helping but uptake is slow.
01:10I think preventative actions are the best and there is a lot of technologies but how is
01:15that rolling out right now that people can get early warnings and recommendations on when
01:20to swim I think would certainly be a step that needs to be taken.
01:25Surf Lifesaving, what is your emergency?
01:27Surf Lifesaving is working on installing more emergency response beacons.
01:32We've installed 72 of these and these are touch point alarms at locations where there's
01:36no lifesavers there.
01:37New technology may help but officials warn there's still no substitute for swimming at a patrolled
01:43beach.
01:45And let's do it.
01:46.
01:50We're going to burn our nose.
01:51.
01:51.
01:52We're going to burn our nose.
01:53.
01:54We're going to burn our nose.
01:57.
01:59.
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