Definitions

Life saved – where, if not for the actions of the lifeboat and/or its crew, a life would have been lost.

Person landed – where a lifeboat rescues a person who is at risk, but not in a life-threatening situation.

Person brought in – where a lifeboat rescues a person who is at very little risk, if at all, but if left would have probably been at risk later.

Lives saved

People aided

Definitions

Life saved – where, if a lifeguard had not intervened, life would have been lost.

Rescue – where a lifeguard responds to a person at risk and physically returns them to shore
or transfers them to another rescue craft.

Assistance – where a lifeguard aids a person in the sea who is at low risk but, if left, would be
at risk.

Major first aid – where a lifeguard treats a casualty who is at risk due to sickness or injury and
calls in external assistance.

Minor first aid – where a lifeguard treats a casualty due to sickness or injury who is at low or no
risk but requires treatment to ensure a risk does not develop.

Missing/found person – where a lifeguard assists in the location of children, separated from their
parents/guardians, or other persons who have been found or reported missing.

Near miss – where a person might have been injured by watercraft, powered or otherwise.

Search – an organised search, with other search and rescue units, for a missing person either at
sea or on land; includes body recovery.

People aided – a combination of the above eight categories.