NSRI mourns the passing of Hein Schipper who, at 104 years of age, passed away on Monday, 31st August. To say that Hein was a stalwart supporter of Sea Rescue is a bit of an understatement. He particularly enjoyed supporting ...
On Saturday evening the 29th of August, Station 5 Durban was awarded an Appreciation Award at the Ethekwini Living Legends Award evening. Station Commander Clifford Ireland accepted the award on behalf of the station. Clifford Ireland accepting the award on ...
Mike Elliot and Jerome Simonis with Joshua (22), Caleb (20) and Alexander (19) SwanepoelToday, Saturday 29 August, Alexander Swanepoel was honoured for his bravery in risking his life to save his brother Caleb during the shark encounter at Buffalo ...
On Tuesday 25 August The Shelly Beach Lions Club presented NSRI Station 20 with a cheque of R1 000.00 and a certificate of appreciation for hosting a WaterWise workshop. The Lions representatives included Clint Fray, Dave Waters and Anton Getz ...
Station 11, Port Alfred, last night did some scenario training. The duty crew were presented with a pleasure vessel that had two 'injured' crew, one with a hook stuck in her head and one with a speargun injury.Training office Marlene ...
Yesterday evening we joined the West Coast Boat Angling Club for their Member Meeting at the Royal Cape Yacht Club.Since their inception earlier this year they have supported NSRI Station 34 – Yzerfontein and Station 18 – Melkbosstrand and last ...
We are so proud to announce that Robin Fortuin, a volunteer crewman at Strandfontein has just won the Centrum Guardian of the Year 2015 award. We'd like to thank all our supporters who voted for him and say 'Well done ...
On Wednesday evening Netcare 911 arranged a first aid scenario with Station 19, Richards Bay. We were activated to a paddle group 'who had capsized in the harbour with two casualties being in the water and later discovering one had ...
Our new Integrated Report has been uploaded to the web should you wish to read through it online. It is packed with interesting stats and information on NSRI and includes all the financials for the year ended 31 March 2015 ...
The National Sea Rescue Institute’s 2015 AGM was held at the Rotunda, The Bay Hotel, Camps Bay, and included long service awards for volunteer crew, awards for service to NSRI, and four awards for remarkable rescues carried out by NSRI ...
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