7.7 Call Signs

Purpose

To define standard radio call signs used by SLS services in SA.

Procedure

Surf Clubs

Unit Name Call Sign
Patrol Base [SURF CLUB]
Patrol Captain [SURF CLUB] PATROL CAPTAIN
Tower (mobile or fixed) [SURF CLUB] TOWER
Roving Foot/SSV Patrol [SURF CLUB] ROVING or MOBILE/SSV*
IRB [SURF CLUB] IRB*

*Additional units assigned numbers. I.e. “[SURF CLUB] IRB 1” and “[SURF CLUB] IRB 2”.

State Lifesaving Roles / Emergency Operations Group (EOG)

Service Call Sign Definition
State Operations Centre (SOC) SURFCOM SurfCom / State Operations Centre
State Duty Officer (SDO) SDO Rostered State Duty Officer
Duty Officer Team DUTY NORTH Rostered Duty Officer for northern region (North Haven to Normanville)
  DUTY MID Rostered Duty Officer for Mid Coast area (Christies Beach to Aldinga Bay). Only used for surge resilience capacity for busy days, such as Australia Day.
  DUTY SOUTH Rostered Duty Officer for southern region (Normanville to Goolwa)
Jet Rescue Boat Service (JRB) LIFESAVER 2 JRB usually operating in the Metro Coast area (North Haven to Seacliff)
  LIFESAVER 3 JRB usually operating in the Mid Coast area (O’Sullivan’s Beach to Aldinga Bay)
  LIFESAVER 2/3 CREW 1-5 Used when crew are not with the vessel
Rescue Water Craft (RWC) JET SKI 1-10 RWC operate in most patrolled locations
Remotely Piloted Air System Service (RPAS) RPAS 1-14 RPAS, also known as drones, operate in support of lifesaving and incident response operations.
Westpac Lifesaver Rescue Helicopter Service WESTPAC 1 Westpac Lifesaver Rescue Helicopter Service
  WESTPAC 1 CREW 1-2 Used when crew are not with the aircraft
EOG SURF 10 JRB Service Coordinator
  SURF 20 General Manager, Public Safety
  SURF 21 Manager, Lifesaving and Emergency Operations
  SURF 24 Manager, State Operations Centre
  SURF 30 WLSRHS Coordinator
  SURF 40 State Operations Centre Coordinator
  SURF 50 Duty Officer Coordinator
  SURF 60 RWC Service Coordinator
  SURF 70 UAV Service Coordinator
Fleet Vehicles SRM 1-8 SRM (Surf Rescue Mobile) is used as a generic fleet vehicle call sign when not assigned another operational call sign such as when towing a Jet Rescue Boat or Rescue Water Craft

Incidents

Type Call Sign Definition
Forward Command [SUBURB] COMMAND Designated by the State Operations Centre or Duty Officer for events which require an SLS Forward Command to be established.

A Forward Command is a central point of command for all SLS services to meet and receive instructions.

When this call sign is established, the following format must be used:

SURFCOM, SURFCOM, DUTY NORTH. I am

establishing GLENELG COMMAND located

at 1 Esplanade, GLENELG.

The SOC must confirm the Forward Command contact details if they are not already recorded. SLS Forward Command contact details must be provided to the SOC by phone.

When the SLS Forward Command is closed, the following format must be used:

SURFCOM, SURFCOM, DUTY NORTH. I am closing GLENELG COMMAND and reverting to DUTY NORTH.
Search Teams [SUBURB/LOCATION] 1-5 Designated by the SLS Incident Commander.

e.g. GLENELG TEAM 1 or JETTY ROAD TEAM 1

Surf Sports

Type Call Sign Definition
Safety Coordinator (SC) [LOCATION] SAFETY COORDINATOR Call sign used by the Safety Coordinator (formerly Carnival Water Safety and Safety and Emergency Management Coordinator).
Safety Officer (SO) [ARENA] SAFETY Call sign used by the Safety Officer(s) under the direction of the Safety Coordinator.
Surf Sports Roles [LOCATION] ROLE Role based call signs e.g. GLENELG REFEREE

References

Safety Coordinator - Surf Sports Manual 38th Edition

Safety Officer - Surf Sports Manual 38th Edition

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