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“Longreach” is a man-portable system that allows for the rapid conveyance of temporary, water-activated buoyancy devices to a drowning victim’s location. It is designed to allow a victim to remain buoyant while rescue personnel prepare the appropriate response to the situation. The rescue package uses expanding foam to provide buoyancy once the package contacts the water. This allows the package to be vastly smaller in size than any currently existing buoyancy device. Equipped with a light for attracting attention the Rescue Package can be propelled over 150m. Longreach is also equipped with Para-Flares for night-time Illumination. Longreach is designed to be simple to manufacture and easy to handle. Ideally used by emergency services personnel or a ship’s crew, Longreach has the potential to significantly reduce the number of drownings at sea. Longreach is not the ultimate solution to water rescue but rather a system that allows a rescuer an immediate action; something they can do to instantaneously to allow them for time to properly access an appropriate response, without the added stress of risking their own lives unnecessarily. Inspiration Military training is typically about the use of lethal force but for UNSW Industrial Design student Sam Adeloju, Army experience was the inspiration for a life-saving idea. Sam’s exposure to hi-tech grenade propulsion technology during training with the Army Reserves gave him the idea for a flotation device that could be safely …

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