Water Safety

Water activities are a great part of the Territory lifestyle. To keep people safe in and around water, all Territorians need to be water safety wise.

Our Water Safety Plan, developed by the Northern Territory Water Safety Advisory Council, was first introduced in 2002. It aims to protect Territorians through a comprehensive and coordinated approach to water safety issues and includes:

• swimming pool fencing legislation
• a FREE Water Safety Awareness Program for under five year olds
• an education program to raise water safety awareness in the community.

Prior to 2002, the Northern Territory had the highest drownings in the under five age group per capita. We now have one of the lowest.

• Check out our Be Water Safety Wise film clip
• Meet Boof our water safety mascot

I want to...

• Fence my pool
• Teach my child to swim
• Know more about water safety
• Use a translator
• Work for the Department