Scope

This Guideline provides practical guidance for owners or operators of aquatic facilities on the management of incidents at aquatic facilities.

This National Industry Guideline applies to all Hotels, Motels, Camping and Caravan Grounds, Commercial and Public Aquatic Facilities, Learn to Swim Schools, and Body Corporates, who own or manage an aquatic facility for the purpose of swimming or recreating.

These Guidelines have been developed by Royal Life Saving Society Australia under the guidance of the National Aquatic Industry Safety Committee  for adoption by the Commonwealth, State and Territory and Local Governments and owners and operators of facilities with aquatic environments.

Definitions

Control

• Control is the overall direction of response activities in an emergency situation. Authority for control is established in legislation or in an emergency response plan. It carries with it responsibility for allocating tasks to and coordinating other agencies in accordance with the needs of the situation. Control relates to situations and operates horizontally across agencies.

Command

• Command is the internal direction of members and resource of an organisation in the performance of the organisations role and tasks.
• Authority to command is established by agreement within an organisation. Command relates to individual organisation and operates vertically within an agency.

Coordination

• Coordination involves the bringing together of agencies and other resources to support an emergency management response. It involves the systematic acquisition and application of resources (organisations, manpower and equipment) in accordance with the requirements imposed by the emergency or emergencies.

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This document is a managed document. For identification of amendments, each document contains an issue date, number and a page number. Changes will only be issued as a complete replacement document. Recipients should remove superseded versions from circulation.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY

In the spirit of reconciliation, Royal Life Saving Society Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises their continued connection to land, waters and communities. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures; Elders past, present and emerging.