DEATHS AT BEACHES

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30447, 22 May 1964, Page 10

DEATHS AT BEACHES

Welsh Plan To Save Lives .(■Special Crjpdt. N.Z.P.A.J LONDON, May 20. Pioneering what may become a standard method of coastal rescue . service throughout Britain, the County of Glamorgan, in Wales, is organising a regional scheme of life-saving along its 100-mile coast. Every year 500 lives are lost around the beaches of Britain, but a Glamorgan conference which considered the situation believes that improved rescue services could lead to this figure being reduced substantially. Support for the scheme has come from more than 30 organisations, both voluntary and official.

Speakers at the conference emphasised the value of young people accepting responsibility for rescue work, and the influence that highly trained youngsters could have on others.

They thought there could be work for hundreds of them on the beaches. The conference considered more than 1000 boys and girls could be fully committed to coast rescue work in Glamorgan.

If a similar scheme was adopted all over Britain, it would mean recruiting 25,000 young persons to save the lives of 500 a year. Each of the 25,000 young persons would have acquired first aid and life-saving skills which could be used in the home, in industry, and on the roads.