Fort Lauderdale’s public beach is one of the most famous in the world, and one of the most visited in Florida. FLOR statistics for the year 2023:
- Beach Attendance: 3,756,196
- Public Contacts: 123,014
- Assists/Preventative Actions: 47,968
- Ocean Rescues:104
- Victims Lives Saved: 144
- Major First Aids Requiring Transport:108
- Red Flags (Hazardous Bathing): 68 days
- Yellow Flags (Hazardous Bathing): 123 days
- Purple Flags (Sea pests/Jellyfish): 84 days
- Missing/Found Persons:22
Equipment
Fort Lauderdale Ocean Rescue equipment includes:
- 2 4 x 4 ATV
- 1 4 x 4 UTV
- 3 Personal Rescue Watercrafts
- 4 Toyota Tacoma 4x4
- 20 Lifeguard towers and vehicles are equipped with trauma bags, airway bags, spinal injury management equipment and rescue boards
- 14 Automated External Defibrillators ("including one (1) in every odd number tower" , and one (1) in every truck)
- Narcan is carried in all of the trucks
