National Sea Rescue InstituteMedia Release – immediate29th April 2021NSRI: UN resolution on drowning prevention will see 25th July observed as 'World Drowning Prevention Day” The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) welcomes the UN resolution on drowning prevention. On Wednesday 28th ...
The NSRI is making a significant investment in the South African boatbuilding industry by partnering with Two Oceans Marine Manufacturing in a long-term project that will see nine Offshore Rescue Craft (ORCs) being built, seven of them entirely by local ...
The story of 2020 really is one of resilience and the ability of our community to hang together and continue to provide the essential services we do.Thankfully we seem to be surfacing and are rising towards the light! September was ...
NSRI are appealing to the public to be cautious in and around coastal and inland waterways in this week leading up to Christmas Day. ...
When Siya Kolisi, Springbok rugby captain, Stormers and Western Province player, was 12 years old, he nearly drowned.Kolisi, says that “there are 600 children who drown in South Africa every year in entirely preventable incidents. In my community, we have ...
NSRI, as always, are prepared for the vacation season and this year our beaches and inland waterways are expected to be busy.With close to 1500 NSRI volunteers stationed at 43 coastal and inland NSRI rescue stations, on duty 24 hours ...
NSRI are proud winners of the 2020 Merit in the NPO/NGO award category presented by the Chartered Governance Integrated Reporting Awards.'COVID 19 has certainly challenged Non Profits in South Africa and the NSRI has not escaped the challenges of the ...
While Oyster Bay crew assist may paddlers in trouble, this call-out was a little different to the norm.“He was lucky we found him under the conditions: there was bad mist and winds of 20-25 knots. Plus the coordinates we’d been ...
National Sea Rescue InstituteMedia Release – immediate9th October 2020DHL Stormers Forwards take the plunge with NSRIThe DHL Stormers forwards spent some time with the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) during their bye week, to learn about the important rescue work ...
If Helen of Troy was the face that launched a thousand ships, then Patti Price is the woman who launched a rescue service. Here is the fascinating story. The NSRI celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2017. It was a year ...
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