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Beach Emergency Numbers (BEN) Signage (DPIRD-054)

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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The Beach Emergency Numbers (BEN) system is a coding system, designed to improve emergency response times by installing signs with unique numbers at beach access points.
These signs will provide specific location information, vital when emergency services are deployed in the event of a shark sighting, attack or other beach emergencies. This data set provides the location of each BEN sign. Download Factsheet Download BEN Signage Flyer This data set currently provides data for signage installed in the following Local Government Authorities:

City of Albany City of Bunbury City of Busselton City of Cockburn City of Fremantle City of Greater Geraldton City of Joondalup City of Karratha City of Kwinana City of Mandurah City of Melville City of Nedlands City of Rockingham City of Stirling City of Wanneroo Garden Island Rottnest Island Authority Shire of Ashburton Shire of Augusta-Margaret River Shire of Capel Shire of Carnamah Shire of Carnarvon Shire of Chapman Valley Shire of Coorow Shire of Dandaragan Shire of Denmark Shire of East Pilbara Shire of Esperance Shire of Exmouth Shire of Gingin Shire of Harvey Shire of Irwin Shire of Jerramungup Shire of Manjimup Shire of Murray Shire of Nannup Shire of Northampton Shire of Ravensthorpe Shire of Shark Bay Shire of Waroona Town of Cambridge Town of Cottesloe Town of East Fremantle Town of Mosman Park Town of Port Hedland

More LGAs will be added as data becomes available.

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Title Beach Emergency Numbers (BEN) Signage (DPIRD-054)
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/0dc47538-3cc0-41dc-8d8f-8bbc64d45d47
Remote Last Updated 23/06/2025
Contact Point
Reference Period 26/02/2018
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        113.16073705600002,
        -35.12468528199997
      ],
      [
        124.02717004400006,
        -35.12468528199997
      ],
      [
        124.02717004400006,
        -16.447075859999927
      ],
      [
        113.16073705600002,
        -16.447075859999927
      ],
      [
        113.16073705600002,
        -35.12468528199997
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Western Australia Government "Beach Emergency Numbers (BEN) Signage (DPIRD-054)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/beach-emergency-numbers-ben-signage