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Anahita Sharafi

0. Anahita Sharafi. Lauren Mclean. All life savers are volunteers, they can start training form a very young age and they never get paid!

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Anahita Sharafi

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  1. 0 Anahita Sharafi Lauren Mclean

  2. All life savers are volunteers, they can start training form a very young age and they never get paid! They spend most of the time that they could be hanging out at the movies with their friends, down at some beach with their binoculars in one hand and a rescue tube in the other. As you can imagine it would be a bit boring at some stages but that’s what these people do for a living. Some people are so amazing that they can work for five days non-stop and still be there for us in if we get washed up on the beach or dragged out to sea, they even continue to work on long weekends.

  3. A ‘nipper’ is the youngest age group for life saving to start To become a nipper you have to be able to swim 25 metres and survival swim for up to 1 minute, you also have to run 50m swim over arm 50m and run 50mertes again! As a nipper you need to be at least 7 years old before you can enter a carnival.

  4. Don’t panic • If you get caught in a rip, turn you hand into a fist and wave it in the air. Survival swim until help comes and don’ fight it. • If you have a cramp-don’t panic call for help and float until someone comes for you. • Don’t get in the way of a lifesaver when they are trying to rescue somebody. • Don’t swim after eating. • Don’t swim alone before and after the sun goes down • Don’t mix alcohol and swimming – it is as dangerous as drink driving! • Protect your skin from the sun and stay in the shade between 11:ooam and 3:oopm. • Don’t swim out of the flags • Don’t swim in the beach is closed

  5. The equipment lifesavers use when patrolling beaches are: • A Patrol Pack-$50 • A Rescue Tube-$120 • A Professional First Aid Kit-$400 • A Spin Board-$500 • A Rescue Board-$1300 • A Defibrillator-$5000 -A Spin Board-$500 -A Rescue Board-$1300 -A Defibrillator-$5000

  6. No, lifesaving is not a Olympic sport, in our opinion for lifesaving to be an Olympic sport somebody will purposely have to harm themselves or drown other people, so that the life guard can save them. Certainly the performance would not be something that people would enjoy watching. The point is ... Every person gets to have a chance and you don’t have to be the most fit person in your class or the one that knows the most about the subject (although it does help). My point being that anyone can save lives, some do it for a living patrolling beaches everyday, and others seize the opportunity when they see it.

  7. Surf Lifesavingoriginated in Australia in the early 20th century when an editor of a famous newspaper, William Gocher went for an illegal swim, at Manly Beach. At the time this was illegal because men and women weren’t allowed to see each others bodies. He went swimming at a women's time to show he thought this was ridiculous. He had advertised in his newspaper he was going to break this law on purpose, so people would gather around and help him. The police and media came to see this man and decided the law needed to be changed. Sydney’s beaches from then on had become a very popular destination which made lifesaving essential. Since that day on Sydney has embraced the love of saving lives around the rest of Australia and the World.

  8. Competitors are not allowed to proceed in an event if they are late to the marshalling area. • If a competitor or a team misses the very start of an event they will immediately be disqualified. • Unless you are qualified you are not allowed on the pool deck during the events. • During competitions you are not allowed to use any equipment to help you swim faster such as hand webs or arm bands.

  9. Some lifesavers don’t get any money for saving people which makes them volunteers. Some dedicate their whole weekend to saving people which means no movies, no pubs just work and not getting paid for it. Thanks to all the many volunteers patrolling our beaches Australia has been the five times running world-wide champions of the award ‘Most Amount of Heroes’.

  10. Lifesaving is a sport taken on by many Australians varying from an age from 5 to 80. It’s a great way to get involved with the community, save peoples lives and get fit and healthy. It can be great fun and you never know you might just be the right material to be a hero.

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