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Updates
Re-emphasising of Existing
Policies -
1. All members are reminded that Only Registered Lifesaving
Instructors/Teachers are allowed to book for the respective lifesaving exams,
i.e. Registered Lifesaving Instructor can book for LS123 exams and a Registered
Teacher can book for all lifesaving exams. Exception is for private candidates
who meet the respective pre-requisite(s).
2. An individual may attempt lifesaving exams as private candidate if he
possesses membership with SLSS or its affiliates. Private candidates must seek
permission for the use of pool facility. A higher bundled booking cum exam fee
(for additional examiner/lifeguard in lieu of instructor) will be charged.
Followings Policies Will Be Introduced WEF 1 April 2010:
3. A refund of the exam fee will be given if a candidate did not take
the exam due to failure to clear the pre-requisite test. Such refund will only
be provided if a candidate submitted a Medical Certificate (MC) to confirm that
he/she is medically unfit for the test.
4. To avoid unnecessary admin, payment for exam booking and exam fee
will be bundled into one fee. This will apply for all lifesaving awards. All
pre-requisite awards must be attained before the booking is allowed. The
exception will be LS123 exams where, if requested by instructor in writing, the
usual bundled booking of LS123 will be allowed but refunds will incur an admin
fee.
Following administrations will be put in place to facilitate the implementation
of the above changes:
a. Existing exam forms (of all and various respective awards) will be
modified to state, i.e. Registered Instructor/Teacher or Private Candidate
(please circle) Name: . . . . . ..
b. For affiliates that promote lifesaving but do not have any Registered
Lifesaving Instructor/Teacher with them, they may either engage a Registered
Instructor/Teacher or have their members booked as private candidates.
5. Centralised CPR exams will begin in April 2010 at SLSS Lifesaving
Training Centre once weekly which will be spread over weekday/weekend/ and
day/evening slot, while Senior Resuscitation will be held once monthly.
Alfred Chua
Senior
Manager
The
Singapore Life Saving Society
6 November 2009
Please be reminded that whenever a lifesaving
examination is underway, the instructor/teacher must be present to assist in
safety and to clarify any queries.
Should you require further clarification,
please feel free to contact any of our office staff on Tel: 6299 3660.
Alfred Chua
Senior Manager
The Singapore Life Saving Society
26 April 2009
The above updates are
available at
Updates-as of 1 July 2008. Any owner of The Manual of Life Saving may download a copy
to update his manual.
Alfred Chua
Senior
Manager
The
Singapore Life Saving Society
17 March 2009
Dear Members, Affiliates and
Friends,
Re.: Statement of Policy on Safety Issues
The Singapore Life Saving Society (SLSS) wishes to reiterate its following
statement of policy (which is an extracts from our update notes) and your kind
attention to it is crucial:
Statement of Policy on Safety Issues:-
The followings safety guidelines are to be adhered when conducting open-water
lifesaving training:
(I) USE OF LIFE-VEST
That as a precautionary and safety measure, LIFE-VEST should be worn as far as
possible during:
1. All lifesaving and related activities that are conducted in open
water or unsupervised aquatic environment;
2. All lifesaving examinations, except for tests where positive
buoyancy aids are not allowed.
(II) USE OF SAFETY BOAT
(i.e. power-boat, canoe, kayak & etc.)
When lifesaving examinations, demonstrations or competitions are held in open
water, a safety boat should be present. Rescuer(s) on board is to put on
life-vest and equip with adequate rescue aid (i.e. rescue tube, life-buoy, rope
and/or etc.)
We seek your good understanding and due compliance in the above highlights.
Alfred Chua
Senior Manager
The Singapore Life Saving Society
Dated 21 July 2008
Please refer to our earlier update on the above captioned
subject dated 7 May 2007. The SLSS is pleased to inform you that our registered lifesaving
instructors may continue to apply for the usage permit for use of SSC swimming
pools. This arrangement has been renewed for another year till 1 May 2009.
Details of the terms and condition can
be found at the following location:
http://www.ssc.gov.sg/publish/Corporate/en/participation/hotspot/rules___regulations.html.
All lifesaving instructors are to note that at any time,
the training ratio must not exceed 1 instructor : 12 trainees.
For more information, please contact the SLSS office at Tel.:
6299-3660 or via
email at
slss@pacific.net.sg.
Alfred Chua
Senior
Manager
The
Singapore Life Saving Society
Dated 13 May 2008
The Singapore Life
Saving Society would like to thank those members who have recently indicated
their interest to serve the Society in the next two years. Our work would not be
possible without the unselfish and generous help from our members who serve us
in various ways.
We would also like to take this opportunity to invite everyone else who is
interested to contribute to the Society in its work to let our Senior Manager, Mr
Alfred Chua, know so that we can try to involve you in your area of interest as
much as possible.
Please see our website and the latest annual report on our website for a summary
of the sort of things that we do. Kindly also do not hesitate to contact Mr
Alfred Chua or me if you have any queries.
We look forward to working with you in our mission to promote aquatic safety and
lifesaving.
Yours faithfully
Richard Tan Ming Kirk
President
The
Singapore Life Saving Society
Dated 7 April 2008
The Singapore Life
Saving Society supports the move by the National Water Safety Council to
introduce a national Water Safety Code and requests all its members, affiliates,
instructors, teachers and examiners to promote and use it in their water safety
and lifesaving activities. The Water Safety Code is reproduced below for your
convenient reference:
National Water
Safety Council's Water Safety Code
Alfred Chua
Manager
The
Singapore Life Saving Society
Dated 22 August 2007
At the Asia Pacific Life
Saving Conference held in Carlton Hotel on 4 August 2007, Mr Alan Whelpton
presented Citations of Merit to 3 individual members of the Singapore Life
Saving Society in recognition of their devotion to the cause of lifesaving. They
are:
Mr Milton Tan
Mr
Milton Tan stepped down as president of the Singapore Life Saving Society in
2004 after close to 40 years of outstanding service. He led the society since
its earliest days and contributed in countless ways to the success of the
society. He has been given numerous honours for his work in lifesaving including
the HRH Prince Michael of Kent Certificate of Merit
Mr Woon Sui Kut
Mr
Woon is the president of the society and has been involved in lifesaving in
Singapore since the 1940s. He has promoted both swimming and lifesaving in
Singapore and has built on the on the good work done by Mr Milton Tan.
Mr Richard Tan Ming Kirk
Mr
Richard Tan is the honorary secretary general of the society and has been
involved in lifesaving
since 1975. He has helped to develop many new initiatives
for the society including the its programme of free
lifesaving clinics for the public. He is also a contributor to the Handbook
of Drowning, the leading international reference book on drowning and has been
consulted by many organisations including the World Health Organisation.
We are happy
that the good work of members of the Singapore Life Saving Society have been
recognised by these and many other honours including the 2001 Singapore National
Youth Award and the 2002 Commonwealth Youth Services Award.
Alfred Chua
Manager
The
Singapore Life Saving Society
Dated 18 May 2007
Please refer to our earlier update on the above captioned
subject dated 6 June 2006. The SLSS is pleased to inform you that
our registered lifesaving
instructors may continue to apply for the usage permit for use of SSC swimming
pools. This arrangement has been renewed for another year till 1 May 2008.
Details of the terms and condition can
be found at the following location:
http://www.ssc.gov.sg/SportsWeb/sw_cat_details.jsp?type=9&artID=5512&root=31&cat=116
.
All lifesaving instructors are to note that at any time,
the training ratio must not exceed 1 instructor : 12 trainees.
For more information, please contact the SLSS office at Tel.:
6299-3660 or via
email at
slss@pacific.net.sg.
Alfred Chua
Manager
The
Singapore Life Saving Society
Dated 7 May 2007
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Article on "The preparation of volunteers for deployment in
emergencies" published in the Australian Journal of Emergency Management Vol
21 No 4 (November 2006 issue), by Mr Richard Tan Ming Kirk, Honorary
Secretary General, SLSS.
I have pleasure in informing our members and affiliates
that an article on the preparation of volunteers for deployment in
emergencies by our Honorary Secretary General, Mr Richard Tan Ming Kirk, has
been published in the Australian Journal of Emergency Management Vol 21 No 4
(November 2006 issue). Many of the points made in the article are relevant for
the deployment of volunteer lifeguards.
The Australian Journal of Emergency Management
is an international journal included in the International Directory of Open
Access Journals managed by Lund Universities Libraries, Sweden.
The article may be read online at the Australian Journal of Emergency
Management's website at the following location on the internet:
http://www.ema.gov.au/agd/EMA/rwpattach.nsf/VAP/(A80860EC13A61F5BA8C1121176F6CC3C)~AJEM_Nov06_Ming.pdf/$file/AJEM_Nov06_Ming.pdf
Alfred Chua
Manager
The
Singapore Life Saving Society
Dated
23 March 2007
Please note that the SLSS Executive Committee is in support of a proposal by the
Head of Examination & Accreditation Unit (EAU) and First Aid & Resuscitation
Unit (FARU) to postpone the implementation of new CPR protocol, as recommended
by the National Resuscitation Council (NRC), to 1 January 2007. Details of this
CPR protocol can be found at
http://www.nhc.com.sg/ForDoctorsNHealthcareProfessionals/CPRTraining/ .
For the avoidance of doubt w.e.f. 1 January 2007 the resuscitation protocol in
aquatic lifesaving will remain unchanged but once the victim is on land, the new
CPR protocol should be followed.
Please feel free to contact our office staff on Tel.:
6299-3660 or email to us
at
slss@pacific.net.sg, should you require further information or
clarification.
Alfred Chua
Manager
The
Singapore Life Saving Society
Dated
24 November 2006
Please
note that the SLSS Executive Committee is in support of a proposal by the Head
of First Aid & Resuscitation Unit (FARU) to adopt and implement the new CPR
protocol, as recommended by the National Resuscitation Council (NRC), wef 1 July
2006 with a 3
month phase in period. Details
of this CPR protocol can be found at
http://www.nhc.com.sg/ForDoctorsNHealthcareProfessionals/CPRTraining/.
Update workshops will also be conducted by Head of FARU to facilitate the
implementation. Please contact our office staff on Tel.: 6299-3660 or email to
us at slss@pacific.net.sg if you are
interested to attend the workshop.
Should
you require further information or clarification, please feel free to contact
any of our office staff with the above given number.
Alfred Chua
Manager
The
Singapore Life Saving Society
Dated 20 June 2006
Please note that with
immediate effect, all lifesaving training that is conducted at swimming pools
run by the SSC will need to comply with the terms and condition of the SSC Usage
Permit. Details of the terms and conditions are found at the following location:
http://www.ssc.gov.sg/SportsWeb/sw_cat_details.jsp?type=9&artID=5512&root=31&cat=116
.
Lifesaving Instructor-Trainees will need a mentor who is a SLSS registered
lifesaving instructor or teacher, to apply for the usage permit. For the time
being, these Instructor-Trainees will not be required to pay the $60 permit fee
until further notice and subject to rules on pool usage of the SSC.
Instructor-Trainee must be supervised by a mentor, who must possess the usage
permit, at all times when conducting lifesaving training. The mentor will be
responsible for the well-being and safety of the lifesaving trainees and the
Instructor-trainee he is supervising. The mentor will be required to sign a
declaration form which is available from Ms Maliga Thangavelu of SSC Sports
Recreation Centre, to this effect.
For more information, please contact the SLSS office at Tel.: 6299-3660 or via
email at
slss@pacific.net.sg.
Alfred Chua
Manager
The Singapore Life Saving Society
Dated 6 June 2006
The above updates are
available at
http://www.slss.org.sg/Updates%20of%20Lifesaving%20Manual%2005.01.pdf. Any owner of The Manual of Life Saving may download a copy
to update his manual.
Alfred Chua
Manager
The
Singapore Life Saving Society
25 August 2005
Further to our notice of 29 June 2005 on the above subject, the SLSS receive
feedback from a number of our affiliates requesting for preparatory trainings to
be conducted for the open-water lifesaving championship at Sentosa beach, where
the championship will be held. The SLSS has subsequently consulted the
management of Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC) and is pleased to inform our
affiliates that the SDC will be assisting SLSS to store 4 rescue boards at
Sentosa Palawan Beach. These boards will be made available for training purpose
by our affiliates. Affiliates that wish to request for use of the boards are to
email to SLSS with information as stipulated in our 29 June 2005 article, and to
observe the rules and regulations set by SDC, when assessing the beach and also
the safety of other beach users. Affiliates that have been given the approval of
use of rescue board(s), will be notified of person-to-contact (as appointed by
the SLSS) at Palawan Beach.
Alfred Chua
Manager
The
Singapore Life Saving Society
28 July 2005
The SLSS has
been storing rescue and other equipment, including four rescue boards, at the
Changi Lifeguard Hut of Singapore Life Guard Corps (SLGC), for use by
SLSS affiliates and members. The SLSS currently imposes no charge for their use
by affiliates and members but this is currently under review.
To ensure proper accountability in the event of loss or damage, all SLSS
affiliates and members are to take note that with immediate effect, they must
apply for written permission to use these boards via email (slss@pacific.net.sg)
or fax (Tel.: 6348-5160) to SLSS, giving at least a week's notice. Information
required for the application are :
1. Name of Affiliate/Member :
2. Name of Authorized Officer-In-Charge :
3. Contact Number(s) : Tel.(Ofc) : (Home) : (Mobile) :
4. Date of Visiting to SLGC Changi Hut or Sentosa Palawan Beach (Please
specify):
5. Time Slot of Usage Applying for :
6. Purpose of Visit :
7. Nos. of Trainess :
8. Nos. of Rescue Board Requested :
9. Other Remark(s) :
Approval will be be emailed or faxed (as the case may be) and it should be
presented to the officer on duty at the SLGC Changi Lifeguard Hut at the
relevant time. Please note that only SLSS equipment is allowed to be stored at
the SLGC Changi Lifeguard Hut and personal belongings of SLSS affiliates and
members should not be stored there without the separate consent of the SLGC. At
present, it is understood that the SLGC Changi Lifeguard Hut is open only on
Sundays and Public Holidays.
Owing to the limited equipment available, reservation for use of rescue boards
will be allocated based on first-come-first-served basis. Training ratio is
recommended to be 6 trainees to a rescue board over a 2-hour training duration.
Therefore, each application is limited to two-hour use unless otherwise
permitted, e.g. where there is a large group of trainees. The person-in-charge
of such application must be a SLSS member or an authorized officer from the
registered affiliate and ensure that the information provided in the application
is correct. The SLSS reserves the right to reject any application.
As the SLGC will be requested to assist the SLSS in checking the condition of
the boards, all applicants should liaise with the SLGC duty officer or hut
keeper when taking out and returning the boards. The permitted user or applicant
will be held responsible for the repair or replacement cost of any board or
equipment used.
Affiliates and members are also kindly reminded to respect SLGC rules when
utilizing their hut facilities.
On a separate note, the SLGC Executive Committee has informed SLSS that with
immediate effect, the SLGC will levy a fee for the loan of canoe (single or
double seater) at both Changi Rescue Hut and East Coast Park Rescue Centre at
the flat rate of $5.00 per hour per canoe. There is no charge at the moment for
paddle and life-jacket. Advance booking of ten (10) days notice with payment to
the SLGC is needed. As requested by SLGC, the SLSS will assist SLGC in
collecting the canoe rental fee. Booking for use of SLGC canoes can be placed to
Mr Daryl Tan at "kiokwei@singnet.com.sg" or to the SLGC Hon. Secretary at
"slgc50@hotmail.com".
For more information, please contact the SLSS office at Tel.: 6299-3660 or via
email at slss@pacific.net.sg.
Alfred Chua
Manager
The
Singapore Life Saving Society
Dated 29 June 2005
Please note that we have requested the Singapore Sports Council ("SSC")
to reconsider their position on the prohibition of lifesaving training and
examination at SSC pools on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.
We are pleased to inform you that the SSC will look into the matter further and
that in the meantime, if there is a need to conduct lifesaving training and
examination at SSC pools on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, the
respective Centre Manager/Assistant Centre Manager should be approached for
permission before the training or examination takes place. We are also given to
understand that the SSC will not unreasonably withhold their permission.
However, they would like to request that lifesaving instructors try their best
to avoid having lifesaving training and examination on Saturdays, Sundays and
public holidays.
If you encounter any problems or issues, please let us have your feedback so
that we may raise them in our further discussions with the SSC.
Thank you.
Alfred Chua
Manager
The
Singapore Life Saving Society
Dated 8 Dec 2004
The SLSS recommends that all lifesavers and lifeguards be reminded of the
risks of cross infection in the course of training or performing lifesaving,
first aid and resuscitation if they do not use barriers like resuscitation face
shields or masks and surgical gloves. Therefore, the SLSS would advise these to
be used as far as possible. When conducting training, alcohol swaps or
sterilizing agents should also be used to clean and sterilize the training
equipment.
Should anyone require details of purchasing the above items, please feel
free to contact the society staff at Tel.: 6299-3660.
Alfred Chua
Manager
The
Singapore Life Saving Society
1 July 2004
To All Instructors, Teachers & Examiners
Dear All,
RE.: REGISTRATION OF INSTRUCTORS, TEACHERS & EXAMINERS
As mentioned earlier, the Singapore Life Saving Society (SLSS) is
embarking on an exercise to register only instructors, teachers and examiners
who are active and up to date with developments. Together with registration
comes the obligation to attend continuing education and training and to maintain
an acceptable standard in all relevant respects. If not, the person may have his
registration suspended or de-registered or registration may not be renewed
subsequently. All these are necessary in order to maintain and enhance the
position of the SLSS as the recognised controlling body and authority on water
safety and lifesaving in Singapore.
Everyone who holds an SLSS certificate as an instructor, teacher or examiner is
invited to apply for registration. Please contact the SLSS office to request for
a registration form and submit it as soon as possible if you wish to be
registered. Alternatively, you may use the attached application form. Based, on
the completed form, the applicant will be informed whether he needs to attend
any update course and whether he needs to attend an interview before he can be
registered. Depending on demand and other circumstances, the SLSS will organise
an update course before October 2004 and another before the end of the year.
There are some fees involved to cover the various costs but the SLSS will try to
keep them as low as possible.
Please note that with effect from 1 October 2004, only registered instructors,
teachers and examiners will be recognised by the SLSS as having active status.
If there are any queries, please contact the Manager of the Society, Mr Alfred
Chua.
Thank you.
RICHARD TAN MING KIRK
Honorary Secretary General
The Singapore Life Saving Society
The following
is the new clause on the validity of all SLSS Lifesaving Certificates (with
the exception of the SLSS CPR and Lifesaving First Aid Certificates and the proposed
Occupational First Aid Certificate) with effect from 1 December 2003,
[All lifesaving certificates will still carry the date of issue and exam
reference no. as usual.]
"All awards of the Singapore Life Saving Society are issued in
recognition of the holder's attainment
of the specified level of competency at the time of the issue of the award."
Alfred Chua
Manager
The
Singapore Life Saving Society
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Article on "The
epidemiology and prevention of drowning"
published in the Singapore Medical Journal Vol 45 No 7 (July 2004
issue), by Mr Richard Tan Ming Kirk, Hon. Secretary General, SLSS
I have pleasure in informing our members and affiliates that
a study on the epidemiology of drowning in Singapore and drowning prevention
measures by our Hon. Secretary General, Mr Richard Tan Ming Kirk, has been
published in the Singapore Medical Journal Vol 45 No 7 (July 2004 issue).
The Singapore Medical Journal is a leading medical journal in this region. It is
indexed in Medline and the United States of America National Library of
Medicine's Pubmed system.
The article may be read online at the Singapore Medical Journal's website at
http://www.sma.org.sg/smj/4507/4507a3.pdf.
Alfred Chua
Manager
The
Singapore Life Saving Society
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