Risk Management
Beach Safety Audit, Review and Assurance
Risk Management
Preventing deaths or injuries in the beach environment is often a daunting prospect for local government, landowners, beach operators, hotels, tour operators and holiday companies.
In the increasingly litigious society in which we live, prosecutions are becoming more and more prevalent.
Our team of consultants and researchers bring together expertise from around the world and can help you apply an evidence based approach, tailored for your specific needs, compliant with local laws and international best practice to not only reduce the risk of deaths and injuries on and around beaches you manage, but also help protect you from litigation should it arise.
ISO 13009
If required, we can also guide you through the steps needed to remain compliant with ISO 13009 (Tourism and related services: Requirements and recommendations for beach operation), the international benchmark for safe beach management.
Blue Flag safety support services
For organisations applying for a Blue Flag, Beach Safety Consultants can provide an independent review of beach safety arrangements and related visitor information to help ensure the site is well prepared for assessment. This can include advice on safety systems, public information, accessibility and operational good practice in support of both application readiness and continued standards maintenance.
Beach Safety Audit, Review and Assurance
Even where a beach has a lifeguard service landowners will benefit from an independent external review of governance, oversight, interfaces, documentation and accountability to help ensure that existing arrangements are effective, coordinated and defensible.
The publication of the 2025 RoSPA / National Water Safety Forum guidance Managing Beach Safety gives local authorities, estates, trusts and other coastal landowners a timely opportunity to review whether their beach safety arrangements remain robust, documented and fit for purpose. Beach Safety Consultants provides independent audit and review support to help organisations assess governance, risk controls, public information, rescue equipment, emergency planning and oversight arrangements against current good practice, drawing upon the MCA Review of the legal responsibility for beach safety.
If required, we can also guide you through the steps needed to remain compliant with ISO 13009 (Tourism and related services: Requirements and recommendations for beach operation), the international benchmark for safe beach management.
