Flags down for state lifesavers after fatal year 3 Mins Read On patrol: Hamish McKendrick, Madeline Green, Emily Bambrook and Terry Aslanisis with one of the Portsea rubber duckies which serviced the Mornington Peninsula over summer. Share The various clubs were involved in 63 rescues and 22,174 “preventative actions”. The season also leaves behind one of the state’s worst drowning tolls to date, with 51 fatalities since 1 July 2020. The extended season forVictoria’s 57 volunteer lifesaving clubs was helped with an extra $1.7 million from the state government. Overall, lifesavers and lifeguards conducted 230,000 preventative actions, 602 rescues and 130 helicopter missions as well as 15 winch rescues across Victoria.