Ocean Rescue Statistics

Fort Lauderdale’s public beach is one of the most famous in the world, and one of the most visited in Florida. FLOR statistics for the year 2023:

  • Beach Attendance: 4,930,750
  • Public Contacts: 123,014
  • Assists/Preventative Actions: 47,968
  • Ocean Rescues:196
  • Victims Lives Saved:217
  • Major First Aids Requiring Transport:108
  • Red Flags (Hazardous Bathing): 68 days
  • Yellow Flags (Hazardous Bathing): 123 days
  • Purple Flags (Sea pests/Jellyfish): 84 days
  • Missing/Found Persons:32

Equipment

Fort Lauderdale Ocean Rescue equipment includes:

  • 2 4 x 4 ATV
  • 1 4 x 4 UTV
  • 3 Personal Rescue Watercrafts
  • 4 Toyota Tacoma 4x4
  • 20 Lifeguard towers and vehicles are equipped with trauma bags, airway bags, spinal injury management equipment and rescue boards
  • 14 Automated External Defibrillators ("including one (1) in every odd number tower" , and one (1) in every truck)
  • Narcan is carried in all of the trucks
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