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An incredible rescue by 11-year-old Nipper Lachie Muldrock has won the Surf Life Saving NSW Rescue of the Month Award for September.
It was the first week of the October school holidays and Lachie Muldrock was enjoying an early morning surf at Umina Beach with his father and uncle. Lachie,who is a keen competitor in Nippers carnivals, was getting in some practice on his much-loved race board. At around 7.30am, he noticed two young boys caught in a rip screaming for help.
Surf lifesavers were flat-out across the October long weekend with high temperatures bringing huge crowds to most NSW beaches. Despite Christmas holiday like numbers on the beach and a significant number of rescues along the NSW coastline, there were no drownings thanks to the efforts of volunteer surf lifesavers and lifeguards along the coast.
With COVID-19 travel restrictions preventing holidaymakers from travelling interstate or overseas, the number of people on some NSW beaches these school holidays has been similar to those normally seen at Christmas and New Year. Surf lifesavers are now worried about the possibility of increased coastal drownings this coming long weekend.
North Palm Beach Surf Life Saving Club members provided critical support in a recent emergency medical evacuation, assisting paramedics locate and treat a man having a cardiac episode on the Barrenjoey Headland, Palm Beach.
Thousands of volunteer surf lifesavers across NSW will return to the beach today for the first patrol of the season.
Thousands of volunteer surf lifesavers across NSW will return to the beach today for the first patrol of the season.
Surf Life Saving NSW will have better emergency communications and coordination capability, after the NSW Minister for Police and Emergency Services David Elliott officially opened the new State Operations Centre in Sydney today.
Surf Lifesavers and lifeguards have closed beaches in the Port Macquarie area after a woman in her mid thirties was attacked by a shark at 9.30am this morning.
At approximately 12:40pm today, a 44-year-old male surfer was pulled from the water and given CPR by off-duty surf lifesavers after getting into trouble in large swell at Collaroy Beach, Sydney.
