1. Introduction

The SLSA Operations app is a paperless patrol management suite produced by Surf Life Saving Australia for use by active surf lifesaving patrol members.

The latest feature-rich version is location-based and uses your current location for weather details, rescue locations, tracking of roving patrols and assets, and much more.

Use the ‘Activity feed’ tab to see what is happening around your club/service for the current day. Push notifications will alert you when it’s time to sign off. Use the Gear and Issues modules to perform gear inspections, view your club's equipment and report gear issues. Powercraft Logs can be filled out within the Operations App using the ‘Powercraft’ option in the main menu

Depending on your user access, below is a list of possible Operation App menu items.

Operation App - Permissions Matrix


Who can view patrols?	Any member can see their patrols in the Operations App if they have been allocated to & rostered in a patrol team. Patrol Captains, Vice Captains & IRB Drivers will see all patrols for their club. The App will only show a member's patrols for the next 60 days; this is to minimise load issues.
Who can edit patrols?	Members who are in a patrol position where their State Centre has enabled that position to have edit access in the Operations App will be able to edit the patrol eg sign on, sign off, mark attendance & enter stats. Members in one of the following Officer positions in Surfguard, President & Lifesaving
Who can view Gear & Equipment in the Operations App?	Members how have been assigned the Gear & Equipment Auditor award. ·Members in one of the following Officer positions in Surfguard; Administration, Lifesaving, Finance, Powercraft and Gear & Equipment
Who can Add New Gear Inspections in the Operations App?	Members how have been assigned the Gear & Equipment Auditor award.
Who can access Powercraft in the Operations App	Any members who holds an IRB Crew Certificate or Silver Medallion IRB drivers award or Rescue Water Craft Operator Certificate
Who can access Incidents in the Operations App?	Members who are in a patrol position where their State Centre has enabled that position to have edit access in the Operations App. Members in one of the following Officer positions in Surfguard - President or Lifesaving
How Do I Access Data from Previous Patrols?	Login to the App and click the Flag symbol at the bottom of the screen and click Archived. You can then arrow back to previous months of patrol logs.

Changes to Patrol Log Creation in Surfguard
The new version of the Operations App has also changed the process for the creation of the patrol log in Surfguard.

When you sign on the club via the Ops App the log is created in Surfguard at the time of sign on (previously the log was created at sign off).
All members in the patrol log will automatically show as a No Show.
As attendance is marked off in the Operations App the log in Surfguard will update every hour with the correct Patrol Type for each member.
Stats entered into the Ops App will also be updated in the patrol log each hour
When the club is signed off a PDF of the Patrol Log will be emailed to the Patrol Captain
Any club that does not sign off at the end of their patrol will automatically be signed off at 10.00pm to ensure no data is lost.