Mandurah life saver Warwick Webb had his outstanding contribution to the community recognised when he was presented with the National Medal earlier this year.
The honour is awarded to Surf Life Saving Australia volunteers for outstanding service, with Warwick's more than 15 years in the field getting the nod.
Warwick has patrolled Mandurah beaches and been on water craft since 2004 spending nearly 1000 active hours on duty.
While being a life saver he was also instrumental in establishing and building the Mandurah Surf Life Saving Club at San Remo.
He spent the first 12 years patrolling Mandurah's beaches and in recent years has focused on Surf Life Saving Western Australia's Support Operations Team and The Wesfarmers Emergency Response Team, attending to incidents and searching for missing people up and down the coast.
San Remo was approved as the location for a Surf Life Saving Club in 2005, plans were developed, funds were raised, and the club was built in 2013.
Warwick, with help from a small team, led the charge and also raised close to $2 million for the club building with the balance of $1.5 million coming from the City of Mandurah and the state government.
He spent 12 years on the club committee including five years as club president.
Warwick published a book in 2017 titled Caught In a Rip about his account developing surf life saving in Mandurah.
The book is available at most online bookstores.
