Please be advised that scrutineering dates for the 2009/2010 season are as follows.

CLUB DATE TIME

• Fingal Rovers SLSC : Saturday 29th August 2009 8:30 am
• Cudgen Headland SLSC : Saturday 29th August 2009 10:00 am
• Salt SLSC : Saturday 29th August 2009 11:15 am
• Cabarita Beach SLSC : Saturday 29th August 2009 12:00 pm
• Brunswick SLSC : Saturday 29th August 2009 2:00 pm
• Byron Bay SLSC : Sunday 30th August 2009 9:00 am
• Lennox Head – Alstonville SLSC : Sunday 30th August 2009 10:30 am
• Ballina Lighthouse & Lismore SLSC : Sunday 30th August 2009 1:00 pm
• Yamba SLSC : Saturday 5th September 2009 10:00 am
• Evans Head – Casino SLSC : Saturday 5th September 2009 12:00 pm

WHAT GEAR IS BEING INSPECTED

All standard lifesaving equipment will be checked for the coming season this includes all of the following:

• IRBs
• IRB Motors
• Patrol Trailers
• ATVs
• Rescue Boards
• Rescue Tubes
• Patrol Signage/Flags
• Radios
• Spinal Equipment
• Oxygen Equipment
• Defibrillators
• First Aid Kits & Cabinets

A full list of standard lifesaving equipment for patrols can be found in the SLSNSW Lifesaving Services SOPs.

Please ensure all lifesaving equipment is available at your Club during the required time for the gear inspection. Clubs are reminded that this also includes rescue tubes from competition craft such as surf boats.

Please be advised that due to time constraints no competition equipment will be scrutineered. Competition equipment such as boards, skis, surf boats etc will be scrutineered at a later date to be advised.

WHO WILL BE INSPECTING THE GEAR

Gear will be inspected under the supervision of Branch Chief Scrutineer – Ron Jackson. Assisting Ron during the inspections will be:

If at any stage clubs need to contact the scrutineers on the day of inspection they are asked to phone Debbie Pawsey on 0423 959 025 or Joe Keane on 0401 381 578.

As an action item for Club Secretaries could they please advise the Branch by emailing administrator@slsfnc.com.au who from the club will be on hand during the gear inspections. Secretaries are asked to provide the name and mobile contact of this person/people so that in the event that the inspection is running ahead or behind schedule club members involved can be notified.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION All approved lifesaving equipment will be marked with a SLSNSW Gear Inspection Sticker. Equipment that is not passed by the gear inspectors will not be given a sticker. Only Equipment that has a sticker should be used whilst on Patrol. Clubs who are found using lifesaving equipment that is not up to a satisfactory standard will be given a breach notice from the Director of Lifesaving and asked to explain why this equipment is being used.

It is the club’s responsibility to ensure all gear and equipment is up to date on Surfguard prior to the inspection. All lifesaving equipment needs to be individually registered, meaning if a club owns ten rescue tubes, it has ten individual entries in the rescue tube category – not one entry covering the ten rescue tubes. This data can be entered more easily using the “new with copy” icon if equipment is duplicated. If quantities are not correct scrutineers will not have the required checklists to scrutineer all equipment.

Clubs are asked to print two copies of the equipment checklists and have them available on the day when the scrutineers arrive. The checklists are an excellent tool in ensuring you have all the necessary equipment ready prior to the inspection.

To add/modify/delete equipment on Surfguard :

1. Select “Organisational Management”
2. Select “Manage Gear & Equipment”
3. Look for the category that describes the piece of equipment to eg. radio, IRB, trailer etc. and click on the “manage” icon next to the category.
4. The screen will display all current equipment which you can click to highlight. To modify information about this equipment click “edit”. For equipment which is no longer apart of your club’s assets click “delete”. Or to add new equipment you can click either “new” or “new with copy” to create an entry similar to one already existing in the list.
5. Enter in the required information – as much as possible eg. serial/registration numbers, date of purchase etc. And click “save” once complete.

To print your club’s equipment lists off Surfguard for the inspections ( two copies required ) :

1. Select “Organisational Management”
2. Select “Manage Gear & Equipment”
3. Click on “Print All Checklists”
4. Checklists will be in PDF format. Download, save and print two copies of these checklists.
5. Return to the “Manage Gear & Equipment” screen
6. Click on “View Patrol Equipment Checklists”
7. Checklist will be in PDF format. Download, save and print two copies of this checklist.

For further information relating to the 2009/2010 Lifesaving Scrutineering & Gear Inspections please contact me using the details listed.