Donate Shop Find a Base Call for Help Now

NSRI EMERGENCY
OPERATION CENTRE (EOC)

087 094 9774
Dr Megan Melidonis, one of our coxswain's from Station Hout Bay, sent us a series of photographs taken while participating in an exercise in False Bay with ACSA (Airports Company of South Africa) last week. The training scenario included a mid-air collision between a passenger aircraft and a charter helicopter scenario. Sitting in a life raft is not always fun, you can get quite queasy from the experience.DSC_5880DSC_5888DSC_5904 DSC_5908 Dr Megan Melidonis, NSRI Hout BayDSC_5926DSC_5933 Some of our rescue crew in an 8 person life raft drifting in 3.8m swell and 30 knot winds.
Next Article

Three incidents in St Francis Bay

Read More

You may also like

RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 21 SEPTEMBER 2026

NSRI Strandfontein rescues man caught in rip current at Monwabisi

Two NSRI rescue swimmers battled extremely strong rip currents to pull a swimmer to safety at Monwabisi on Sunday, 20 September, after NSRI Strandfontein crew spotted him in trouble while carrying out routine equipment checks at the station's auxiliary satellite base. ...

RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 20 SEPTEMBER 2026

NSRI, Police and Community Partners Continue Search for Missing Man at Kenton-on-Sea

NSRI Port Alfred and Kenton-on-Sea, together with Police and local security partners, are continuing an extensive search operation after a 20-year-old man went missing while night fishing on the banks of the Kariega River. ...

RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 20 SEPTEMBER 2026

Two Men Drown at Mnandi Beach Despite NSRI Rescue Efforts

Two men, aged 37 and 42, drowned at S-Bend near Mnandi Beach in False Bay on Sunday afternoon after NSRI Strandfontein, SAPS, Cape Town DRM, Fire and Rescue, EMS and other emergency services responded to a large-scale rescue operation — ...