What differentiates us
What differentiates us
Volunteer-driven model
volunteers trained
in proactive and
reactive rescue
Available
365 days
Rescue operations delivered from
rescue stations
Almost 1 million children annually receive free lessons in water safety and survival swimming.
Read more about our Sunshine Coast Survival Swimming volunteers .
innovation
Lead with professionalism,
purpose and excellence
Globally recognised innovations
Trusted local teams:
- Drive awareness.
- Shape behaviour.
- Influence local water safety and drowning prevention agendas.
- Trained to high standards.
- Equipped with advanced communication, equipment and first aid tools.
- Supported by layered management system.
- Backed by NSRI stations and community programme instructors.
- Innovative centres built from converted shipping containers.
- Accessible, structured lessons on critical water survival skills.
- Supporting children in rural communities most at risk of drowning.
transformation
Recruit and train volunteers from
local
communities
of our work
benefits
historically
disadvantaged people
local impact
Coastlines, dams and rivers
Meet local needs in urban and
rural communities
National footprint complemented
by the knowledge of local
volunteer crew
shipping and fishing
industries
Medical evacuations (medevacs)
provide life-saving
rescue services to
passenger liners, commercial vessels
and seafarers.
Pink Rescue Buoys
Our highly visible PRBs enable everyday members of the public to save lives. International innovation awards and adoption in other countries are testimony to their unique value.
Beach safety cameras
High-resolution cameras are monitored
24/7 to surveil
risky environments and
provide real-time response support
Free public app technologies
The free BravoBravo e-learning platform, extends our
safety
education to the public, boaters and skippers across South Africa.
The SafeTRX app tracks your journey while you are out at sea and gives the NSRI your location in case of emergency.
Learn more about SafeTRX .
Donor-funded operations
Generous individuals, corporate sponsors and partners
support our
vision of a water-safe nation by funding every rescue, lesson and
innovation.
Friends and fellow pro kiteboarders
honour the late
Graham Howes by supporting sea rescue.
Watch In Honour of Graham Howes.
Supporting conservation efforts
We protect and rescue marine wildlife: whales, dolphins,
turtles and
seabirds affected by water pollution and natural crises.
A team of volunteers released a bottlenose dolphin, stranded near
the
Cape St Francis Lighthouse in the Eastern Cape, safely into high swells.
