Channel Nine’s popular observational reality series, Search and Rescue, continues with real-life stories of drama, action, agony, ecstasy and fascinating operational procedure on Wednesday, July 9 at 8.00pm.

Search and Rescue follows the operations of the Victoria Police Search and Rescue Squad, Water Police and Air Wing, three highly trained special units that spring into action when someone is lost, injured or stranded.

Search and Rescue provides viewers with action-driven, first-hand accounts of those who risk their own lives to save and protect others in the line of duty.

This week’s episode is introduced by Paul Featherstone from the New South Wales ambulance service. Featherstone was involved in a rescue that sticks in the public’s mind to this day: saving Stuart Diver, who survived the catastrophic Thredbo landslide disaster in 1997.

NO FISH
A pleasant day on the bay turns sour when a fishing boat with four people onboard calls for Water Police help when its battery fails. What should be a routine rescue turns into an ordeal when the crew can’t get their anchor winch to work. With seas getting choppy and the swell picking up, the fishing boat and the Water Police vessel begin bumping each other and the race is on to get things sorted out before there is major damage.

TREE PROTESTORS
It’s logging season in East Gippsland, which means anti-logging protestors are attempting to cause as much disruption as possible to highlight their cause. The Search and Rescue Squad is called in to remove two protestors who have locked themselves onto a bulldozer and another who is perched on a tripod in a huge tree. It’s painstaking and very dangerous work.

EBAY MAYDAY
Canadian Dave Bertram has a true adventure spirit and plans to sail the boat he bought on Ebay for $800 to Hervey Bay. Unfortunately for Dave the boat takes on water not long after he takes possession and the Water Police are called in to help. Dave remains optimistic about his sailing plans but the Water Police have a different view.