In a boating emergency
Call 000
Or radio for help on
Channel 16 on VHF
(distress and emergency channel)
Channel 88 (27.880 MHz)
on a 27 MHz radio
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The NSW Government announced in November 2008 the establishment of a new volunteer marine rescue organisation called Marine Rescue NSW. Previously, this state had for many years three major voluntary marine rescue organisations, with an assortment of vessels, operational bases and thousands of volunteers in total. Marine Rescue NSW came about following a huge amalgamation effort from the three existing organisations: Australian Volunteer Coast Guard, Royal Volunteer Coastal Patrol and Volunteer Rescue Association. The implementation was completed over a transitional period of two years. During this period, the NSW Government provided $3 million towards establishing the new organisation and maintained NSW Maritime's annual funding of $1.35 million during the transition period. |
