On Tuesday, Station 6, Port Elizabeth assisted with a patient evacuation off a ship, Station 23, Wilderness investigated debris at sea, and Station 3, Table Bay assisted a yacht. STATION 6, PORT ELIZABETH Justin Erasmus, NSRI Port Elizabeth station commander ...
NSRI has updated details surrounding an incident at Noordhoek Beach, Cape Town, on Sunday, 6 September.A Hout Bay family were at Noordhoek Beach on Sunday.The father, Alex Martin, and his 2 sons, Adam, 9, and Jake, 10, were body boarding ...
Drowning is a major cause of accidental death in South Africa, claiming the lives of more than 600 children each year. So when a child uses the skills that they’ve learnt in the NSRI’s Drowning Prevention programme to save a ...
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 ...
Regional WaterSafety team leader for the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal Valerie Barlow lives in Port St Johns and has worked for the NSRI for three years. She’s passionate about teaching water safety to children – especially in rural areas where ...
Incidents in Durban, Kommetjie/ Hout Bay and Table Bay.STATION 5, Durban: Timothy Edwards, NSRI Durban duty coxswain, said:At 10h27, Saturday, 29 August, NSRI Durban duty crew were activated by the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) following a request for assistance ...
Mike Shaw, NSRI Mykonos station commander, said:At 08h48, Saturday, 29 August, NSRI Mykonos duty crew were activated to assist the Marine Animal Stranding Network and Saldanha Bay Municipality (SBM) to tow an adult Southern Right whale carcass from the ...
Darren Zimmerman, NSRI Simons Town station commander, said:At 12h13, Thursday, 27 August, NSRI crew, conducting maintenance to the new NSRI Simons Town sea rescue station, were alerted by members of False Bay Yacht Club (FBYC) to a man injured while ...
The National Sea Rescue Institute’s Station 37, Jeffrey’s Bay runs on Girl Power!The Station has one of the largest female contingents across South Africa and the 13 women, ranging in age from 15 to 66, are part of a strong ...
A local lifeguard has saved a teenager who was swept away by rip currents at Herolds Bay. An NSRI pink rescue buoy contributed in the rescue.Garth Dominy, NSRI Wilderness station commander, said:At 15h53, Tuesday, 25 August, NSRI Wilderness duty crew ...
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