Beachsafe vs JCUSafe

Taking a road trip up the coast? On holiday? Or just looking for the right beach for you? Find your nearest beaches in seconds. Brought to you by Surf Life Saving Australia, the Beachsafe app includes the location, weather, surf conditions and hazards plus the local facilities for all Australian beaches. Importantly, the current lifesaving service for each beach is listed to help you find the nearest patrolled beach. Beachsafe also provides expert advice about rip currents, flags and signs, waves, marine creatures, surf skills and more. SLSA recommends swimming at patrolled beaches, between the red and yellow flags. App Features Find a beach • Find beaches near you with your device’s GPS • Use the map view to quickly locate beaches near you • Search for a town, city, region or beach • Save your favourite beaches Patrol service information • Quickly and easily see if a beach is patrolled by surf lifesavers or lifeguards • Find out when a beach will be patrolled using the future search function Conditions • View detailed weather forecasts • See the tide information • Check the swell and wind forecast • Push notifications - Beach closures and major hazard alerts for Beaches that you follow Hazards • Review a beach’s hazard rating • Read detailed summaries of each beach written by coastal safety experts • See hazard information about a patrolled beach including rip currents, stingers and sharks when these have been entered by surf lifesavers or lifeguards Surf Safety • How to identify and escape rip currents • Lifeguard’s top tips • Read about flags and signs • Waves and weather • Surf skills • Marine creatures • Stingers • First aid advice • And more… The Beachsafe app was produced in conjunction with SLSA's beach safety website beachsafe.org.au. If you find this app useful and you wish to help support Surf Life Saving Australia and our 160,000 volunteers, please visit https://sls.com.au. Be safe at the beach, get Beachsafe.

JCUSafe is the official safety app of James Cook University (JCU). It is the only app that integrates with JCU's safety and security systems and provides, in one location, information on the University's security and safety plans and wellbeing resources. The unique app provides students and staff with safety information and features for James Cook University campuses including important safety alerts. JCUSafe’s features include: - Alert Security: Send your location to JCU Security and talk to them, in real-time, in case of an emergency on campus. - Chat with Campus Security: Communicate live with JCU Security staff via chat. - Emergency Contacts: Contact the correct services for the JCU campus areas in case of an emergency or a non-emergency concern. - Safety Notifications: Receive instant notifications and instructions from JCU Safety when on-campus emergencies occur. - Friend Walk: Send your location to a friend through email or SMS on your device. Once the friend accepts the Friend Walk request, the user picks their destination and their friend tracks their location in real time; they can keep an eye on them to make sure they make it safely to their destination. - Virtual Security Escort: Allow JCU Security to monitor a user’s walk. If a user feels unsafe when walking on campus, they can request a Virtual Security Escort and a dispatcher on the other end will monitor their journey until they reach their destination. - WorkAlone: Use the app to "check in" with you periodically while working alone or during late hours, on or off campus. If you don't respond, the app will alert JCU Security (on campus) or your personal emergency contact (off campus). - Report a Concern: Multiple ways to report a safety/security concern directly to JCU Security. - Safety Toolbox: Enhance your safety with the set of tools provided in one convenient place. - Emergency Plans: Campus emergency information that can prepare you for disasters or emergencies. This can be accessed even when users aren’t connected to Wi-Fi or cellular data. Read it before you need it. - Support Resources: Access a range of wellbeing support resources in one convenient place to enjoy a successful experience at JCU. Support for students and staff. - I’m OK!: Send your location and a message indicating that "You’re OK" to a recipient of your choosing. - Local Disaster Dashboards: Links to the local disaster dashboards run by the councils in our campus regions. - Campus Map: Navigate around the Bebegu Yumba and Nguma-bada campuses. - Campus Parking and Permit Info: Find information about how parking and permits work on JCU Bebegu Yumba and Nguma-bada campuses. Free, Permit and Casual parking and infringements. Download the JCUSafe app today to ensure you’re prepared in the event of an emergency.