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LIFEGUARDS  | Published: 3 August 2022

An international collaboration

Lifeguard Operations Manager Stewart Seini was invited to the United Kingdom by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution on an information sharing trip. ...

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DROWNING PREVENTION  | Published: 3 August 2022

Levelling up

NSRI training manager Graeme Harding shares insights from the International Mass Rescue Conference in Gothenberg Sweden. ...

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DROWNING PREVENTION  | Published: 3 August 2022

A passion for drowning prevention

We caught up with Dr Jill Fortuin, Executive Director of Drowning Prevention at the NSRI, to find out what her department has been up to. ...

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RESCUE BASES  | Published: 3 August 2022

Base Showcase: Station 16 (Strandfontein)

In the 14th in a series of stories on NSRI bases around the country, we chat to a few crew members at Station 16 (Strandfontein) to find out more about the base and its family of volunteers. ...

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ANIMAL RESCUE  | Published: 28 July 2022

NSRI Bakoven & NSRI Hout Bay Assist in Dolphin Rescue

At 08h08, Thursday, 28 July, NSRI EOC (Emergency Operations Centre) were alerted by an eye-witness of 2 dolphins beached at Sandy Bay, near to Llandudno, and both dolphins were alive and appeared to be in distress. ...

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AWARDS  | Published: 27 July 2022

NSRI Shelly Beach Station 20 Honored by South African Sailing

Nigel Milne, organising committee member, and Ron Pet, race officer, for the Minuteman Vasco Da Gama Ocean Race 2022, presented NSRI Shelly Beach with the prestigious Rubicon Memorial Trophy for their assistance to yacht Adios during an emergency at this ...

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AWARDS  | Published: 23 July 2022

Celebrating Rescue Excellence at the 2022 NSRI Awards Evening

On Friday 22 July, the NSRI celebrated its 55th Annual Awards Evening at the Premier Resort - The Moorings in Knysna. We celebrated our dedicated volunteers and other individuals who risk their lives to save the lives of others on ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 16 July 2022

Hartbeespoort Dam – Search for a missing man:

A Police Dive Unit are continuing in an ongoing search for a 44 year old male who went missing in Hartbeespoort Dam on Thursday night. ...

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COMPETITION  | Published: 14 July 2022

“ITS NO TRICK” AS THE NSRI GIVES AWAY THE FIRST OF 4 CARS

In a break from tradition the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) is giving away 4 cars this year in their annual fundraiser. And yesterday they hosted the first draw to award one car to a lucky donor, a Mitsubishi ASX ...

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RESCUE  | Published: 7 July 2022

Yzerfontein – Wednesday, 6 July. 4 rescued after boat capsizes. Sadly a bystander on the shore passed away during the incident:

NSRI Yzerfontein duty crew were activated following a distress phone call from a lady reporting that she, her husband, her dad and her son were on a boat capsized 200 meters off-shore of Yzerfontein harbour and they were clinging onto ...

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