The club, which patrols White Bay, has a new side-by-side vehicle replacing a “big yellow tractor that “sometimes worked and sometimes didn t”. A new AED defibrillator was also due to be installed at the club and would be accessible to the public when there was no one on patrol. “That’s probably taken that next step into the future and future proofing ourselves for a little bit longer, having a reliable vehicle, Ferguson said.
SCOTT HAMMOND/STUFF Marlborough’s lifeguards have already carried out two rescues this summer, both involving kayakers. . It matched the total number of rescues for all of last season, although lifeguards also dealt with a major first aid event and 11 minor first aid events then.