Lifeguards experienced a busy day around the region on Sunday working 1770 hours in fine conditions and a peak headcount
at Orewa Beach of 1150 beachgoers.
Sunday started with an after-hours medical incident at Mangawhai Heads early in the morning. Lifeguards responded to a
man presenting with chest pain, an ambulance was called and the man was later transported to hospital via helicopter.
Mairangi Bay also had a major first aid, lifeguards monitored a patient who had fainted before he was transported to
hospital with family.
Muriwai assisted two boogie boarders who had drifted out to sea back to shore in the IRB, and no further assistance was
required. Muriwai also begun searching for a missing person who was very quickly located.
SurfCom was notified by Northern Fire Comms about a swimmer stuck in a rip at Pauanui Beach, SurfCom contacted Pauanui
SLSC however the informant quickly informed that the patient had then made it back to shore.
Kariaotahi ECOS responded to two incidents occurring at the same time after hours. One person was transported to
hospital via ambulance after being injured while paragliding. Westpac was on scene but were not required. Two people
were reported to be swept out to sea. Lifeguards responded and all those missing were accounted for. Combined, both
incidents involved a multi-agency response, including Fire, Police, Ambulance, Westpac and Surf.
On Saturday, lifeguards at Omaha carried out two rescues and an assist: they rescued a family from the South End of the
beach, and called an ambulance for a mother, and a child. Earlier in the day they had provided minor first aid to a
bogie boarder who was hit by his board.
Also on Saturday Whangārei Heads lifeguards assisted some people who had drifted out of the flags, and helped them
regain their footing. Waipu assisted a young boogie boarder back into the flags with a tube. Muriwai also had four
assists at the South End.StatisticsSunday 20/12/20No. of people rescued0No. of people assisted2No. of major first aids1No. of minor first aids6No. of searches1No. of preventatives184No. of number involved747No. of peak head count6596No. of hours worked1770.2No. of closing time6.5Saturday 19/12/20No. of people rescued2No. of people assisted9No. of major first aids2No. of minor first aids3No. of searches7No. of preventatives153No. of number involved748No. of peak head count4470No. of hours worked1315.2No. of closing timeWeekend totalsNo. of people rescued2No. of people assisted11No. of major first aids3No. of minor first aids9No. of searches8No. of preventatives337No. of number involved1495No. of peak head count11066No. of hours worked3085.4No. of closing time0