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Established 10th.February 1965 Northern
Rivers and Gold Coast Air Sea Rescue
By community
group
Bob McInnes - Dolphins Hotel
Ron Hay - Coolangatta Ambulance
Ron Pile - Murwillumbah Ambulance
Jack Evans- Tweed Porpoise Pool
Wally Rash - New South Wales Police
Jim Thompson - Jaycees
Fund
Raising for first boat taken on as joint project by Murwillumbah
and Tweed Jaycees
First
committee
President - R. McInnes
Secretary - R. Pile
Treasurer - R Hay
First
Rescue Boat
Jaycee 1 - 5m Seafarer Vega Twin 40 hp outboards
Area
of operation Southport Queensland to Brunswick Heads, NSW.
Established Duranbah Rescue Base 1976
Dedicated
Search and Rescue Control Centre 1990
Radio
Room Established 1976 at
Duranbah Beach Rescue Base
Search
and Rescue Control Center Built at
Captain Cook Lighthouse Point Danger 1990
