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Marine Rescue Readying for Busy Summer

Published on: August 2024

Record: HANSARD-1323879322-143766

Marine Rescue Readying for Busy Summer

Ms FELICITY WILSON (North Shore)

—Speaker Local volunteers from Middle Harbour Marine Rescue NSW have recently taken part in a major practice search and rescue operation in Sydney Harbour. Twenty five Marine Rescue volunteers practiced their skills alongside members of Police Marine Area Command and Surf Life Saving NSW. The real time exercise involved a capsized vessel off Dobroyd Head, drifting towards Balmoral with multiple people in the water requiring urgent assistance. These exercises are vital to ensuring that our local volunteers are equipped with the skills necessary to respond to emergencies on the water, as well as communication and multi-agency response. As we head towards summer the volunteers at Middle Harbour will be ramping up their training ready for a busy season out on the water. They will be protecting our local community based out of their brand-new facilities that was funded and delivered by the former NSW Liberal Government. I thank all our Marine Rescue volunteers who support our local community and for keeping us safe out on the water.