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2011 Eastern Region Rescue of the Year - Shane Beech, for the rescueing 2 surfers in January 2011
Congratulatios Shane for winning the award, the rescue risked your life in treacherous conditions to save the lives of 2 young men. Well Done
2011 Maketu Volunteer Coastguard Awards - Awarded at the A.G.M 5th September 2011
Some Facts about Coastguard
COASTGUARD FACTS
• 2,268 volunteers are currently involved with Coastguard throughout New Zealand
• 239,835 hours of volunteer time has been given to Coastguard from July 2010 to March
2011. From July 2009 to June 2010 that number was 347,657
• It costs $34.30 per week to train each Coastguard volunteer
• Last year 3,622 people called for help from Coastguard (that’s 10 per day)
• On top of that Police called on Coastguard volunteers 843 times
• 6,560 people were rescued by Coastguard volunteers last year (an average of 17 people
every day).
• Three people are rescued by every Coastguard volunteer each year
• 83 per cent of Coastguard volunteers are male and 17 per cent of Coastguard volunteers are
female
• Peter Bradley from Sumner is Coastguard’s current longest serving volunteer with 46 years
under his belt
• Some past volunteers had been involved with Coastguard for over 50 years!
• 2,268 volunteers are currently involved with Coastguard throughout New Zealand
• 239,835 hours of volunteer time has been given to Coastguard from July 2010 to March
2011. From July 2009 to June 2010 that number was 347,657
• It costs $34.30 per week to train each Coastguard volunteer
• Last year 3,622 people called for help from Coastguard (that’s 10 per day)
• On top of that Police called on Coastguard volunteers 843 times
• 6,560 people were rescued by Coastguard volunteers last year (an average of 17 people
every day).
• Three people are rescued by every Coastguard volunteer each year
• 83 per cent of Coastguard volunteers are male and 17 per cent of Coastguard volunteers are
female
• Peter Bradley from Sumner is Coastguard’s current longest serving volunteer with 46 years
under his belt
• Some past volunteers had been involved with Coastguard for over 50 years!
