The Hi-Tech Lifeguards

Filed in: Technology — June 14th, 2004

They are using a computer surveillance system to monitor Australia’s beaches in an attempt to reduce deaths by drowning.

“Surf life savers work in an operational environment where seconds count, so having a good communications system that can capture data quickly is vitally important. It will and can save lives,” said Peter Dawes of Surf Life Saving.

The nerve centre of SurfCom might look like an ordinary beach shack, but it is home to a communication system that is revolutionising surf life-saving.