NSRI CEO Dr Cleeve Robertson estimates that there are 2000 fatal drownings each year in South Africa. Six hundred of these are children.Many of these drownings are preventable, if only there had been proper prevention initiatives or the right equipment ...
Here is a colouring-in competition for the whole family … some are more complicated than others - so you can choose the level of difficulty that suits you! You could be a lucky winner of a Sea Rescue goody-bag for ...
This picture shows very clearly what rip currents look like from above. The water flows in towards the beach over sandbanks (It is a lighter colour and the waves break evenly over these areas). The water that hits the beach ...
Andrew Ingram, Sea Rescue Prevention Services spokesman, said:Sea Rescue’s national water safety team of instructors have again smashed records, this year teaching water safety to over 570 000 children in South Africa.Our nineteen, full-time professional water safety instructors visit schools ...
NSRI’s safety tips for the summer holidaysThe NSRI wishes everyone a safe summer holiday and we urge the public to adopt a water safety mindset around coastal and inland waters.Our rule number one, for a safe experience at the ...
NSRI’s safety tips for the summer holidaysThe NSRI wishes everyone a safe summer holiday and we urge the public to adopt a water safety mindset around coastal and inland waters.Our rule number one, for a safe experience at the beach ...
Sea Rescue presented our NSRI Pink Rescue Buoy emergency flotation project at International Lifesaving’s biannual ‘World Conference on Drowning Prevention’ (WCDP) Conference in Durban this week. NSRI’s Drowning Prevention manager Andrew Ingram addressed delegates from around the world explaining where ...
The winter holiday is here and we all want to make sure our children have fun, but it is important to remember a few water safety tips during these holidays :* always supervise children when they near water* never swim ...
Hermanus volunteer crew Jonathan Fourie and trainee Nikita Werthmann (Both advances paramedics at station 17 Hermanus) went to visit Generations school today for an event the school has each term called an ‘inning’ (the opposite of an outing!). The school ...
Andrew Ingram, NSRI National Drowning Prevention Manager, said:We estimate that 600 children drown each year in South Africa. 15 May is International Water Safety day and this year we would like to focus attention on those most at risk of ...
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