Today Sea Rescue volunteers from Hout Bay, Bakoven and Table Bay had a joint scenario training exercise which included 5 rescue vessels and 5 rescue scenarios. A critical part of Sea Rescue training is based on possible rescue situations, giving ...
Thank you to Enviro Wildfire for the generous donation of a Water/Firefighting pump to Station 26 Kommetjie. Not only can the pump be used for onboard fires at sea, or to suction water out of a sinking vessel, but it ...
Chinese lanterns, also known as sky lanterns, are illegal according to a press release sent out by Cape Town’s Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, Alderman JP Smith in November 2014.But still people release them.The sky lanterns cause havoc ...
This weekend Durban Station 5 carried out a training exercise along the lines of the Plett rescue that took place last week. Our crew had to locate our training manikin, on the Durban harbors North breakwater.Our “casualty” had a head ...
Reef's Barry Stringer donated 100 children's lifejackets to Sea Rescue that will be sent out to rescue stations around the country. 'It is critical that a lifejacket fits properly and to be given lifejackets that will fit children is fantastic,' ...
Over the holiday period Sea Rescue volunteer crews around the country gave up hundreds of hours to rescue 139 people in 122 operations. It is a great privilege to be able to help others and ask for nothing in return ...
This weekend Durban Station 5 got together to plan the training for 2016. Everyone from the Trainees through to the Stations Management were involved in the strategic planning of this year’s training.In past years Durban Station 5 have trained twice ...
This video has been sped up to better show the rip current flow .. and how strong the pull is. Dappat se Gat (also known as Caves) near Gordons Bay is a dangerous beach. Please do not swim there.If a ...
The 2016 Cape Town Cycle Tour will take place on 6th March 2016 and Sea Rescue has secured 50 entries for the event.The cost is R2 000 which includes entry fee, administration fee (CTCT) a Sea Rescue branded cycle jersey ...
NSRI volunteers around the country spent today at their stations so that response times could be lightning fast. The Port Edward crew were thrilled that their water safety plans, with the other emergency services, payed off ... about 15000 people ...
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