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LIFEGUARDS  | Published: 14 December 2020

NSRI's Summer Water Safety

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 ...

IR Awards
NEWS  | Published: 25 November 2020

Merit Award for NSRI Integrated Reporting Awards 2020

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 ...

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NEWS  | Published: 11 November 2020

Shark makes off with the catch of the day

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 ...

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NEWS  | Published: 15 October 2020

DHL Stormers Forwards take the plunge with NSRI

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 ...

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NEWS  | Published: 3 September 2020

How a Simon’s Town teacher helped found the NSRI

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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NEWS  | Published: 3 September 2020

Life on the frontline: CMR Service Manager Darren Zimmerman

NSRI salutes our volunteers who are also essential-services personnel. One of these volunteers is Darren Zimmerman. He is the service manager for Cape Medical Response (CMR) and has been the station commander of Station 10 (Simon’s Town) since 2004, and ...

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NEWS  | Published: 3 September 2020

'We never stopped working’: five months of lockdown rescues

From 27 March to 26 August this year, the NSRI conducted 269 operations around the country. These included assisting 202 people in distress, performing 46 medical evacuations, 44 vessel tows and 27 transfers, and rescuing 20 animals in distress. A ...

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NEWS  | Published: 21 July 2020

Integrated Annual Report 2019

We’re proud to share the 2019 report with you - a living testament to the scale and impact of our operations and services.Our annual Integrated Report provides a comprehensive overview of the #NSRI’s activities over the past year and underlines ...

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NEWS  | Published: 29 June 2020

NSRI National Safety Alert

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) have predicted unusual wave periods for tomorrow, Tuesday, 30 June, which may result in relatively large powerful waves in between smaller waves. Because of this predicted unusual wave period a quick glance at the ...

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NEWS  | Published: 30 May 2020

New wire rope installed at Station 17 Hermanus

Today saw the installation of the new wire rope at our Hermanus rescue base enabling the crew to finally house their 10m rescue boat South Star. The rescue base was newly completed this year and has been rebuilt to eventually ...

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