At 08h55, Thursday, 04th February, NSRI Still Bay duty crew, WC Government EMS and the SA Police Services responded to the main beach, Still Bay, following reports of a drowning accident. On arrival on the scene bystanders were found conducting ...
Here is a short video taken of our RIB (Rotary Endeavour) from Table Bay with her crew practicing 'coming alongside' the deep sea rescue vessel Spirit of Vodacom. We practice this manoeuvre in all sea conditions and at various speeds ...
Share selfies or portraits of Sea Rescue volunteers on Instagram:Calling all Instagramers: instagram_sa is running a Hashtag Project South Africa: #HPSApeopleofpurpose People of purpose … it would be great to share selfies or portraits of Sea Rescue volunteers … real ...
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 ...
#BeWaterWise. Drowning is completely silent. And happens very fast. Never be more than an arms length from your child when they are in the water. ...
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 ...
Congratulations to Mr Kleibeler, the winner of the NSRI Outdoor Warehouse prize in the August 2015 ‘Breaking New Ground’ Sea Rescue appeal letter which asked for your support for the new Kommetjie Sea Rescue station. Thank you to everyone who ...
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 ...
NSRI are appealing to the public to not set off Chinese Lanterns.Chinese Lanterns floating in the sky can present a similar appearance to distress flares. Eye-witness reports of distress flares sighted off-shore around the coastline require the NSRI and the ...
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