The NSRI firmly believes that the old adage “knowledge is power” is one to live by. ...
As a former professional and volunteer lifeguard, Franswa Fernandez is no stranger to helping people in trouble on the water, but on that hot Saturday morning, he saved a life using a Pink Rescue Buoy that had been installed less ...
Every two years, NSRI Training Manager Graeme Harding travels to St Helena in the mid-Atlantic to conduct training with the St Helena Sea Rescue Service. It’s a time he relishes, not only in terms of doing what he loves, but ...
When every minute counts, it’s important that the NSRI’s teams know that they have a vehicle that they can rely on. Enter Mitsubishi, who have been our partners for more than 20 years. ...
A Learn-to-Swim programme was recently launched at Athlone swimming pool by the City of Cape Town, in partnership with the NSRI’s Drowning Prevention unit. ...
Whenever someone is in distress in or on South African waters, the NSRI will lend a hand – even if the individual in question offers them a hoof in return. ...
We chatted to Operations Manager Bruce Sandmann to find out more about what it takes to establish an NSRI rescue base. ...
In the ninth of a series of stories on NSRI bases around the country, we chat to a few crew members at Station 10 (Simon’s Town) to find out more about the base and its family of volunteers. ...
NSRI Yzerfontein launched the sea rescue craft Rescue 34, accompanied by SA Whale Disentanglement Network (SAWDN) volunteers, following eye-witness reports of a whale entangled in fishing rope lines in the vicinity South of Dassen Island on the West Coast. ...
At 05h00, Wednesday, 2 February, NSRI Port Nolloth duty crew prepared our sea rescue craft Vodacom Rescuer 2 which we towed to the Orange River, Richtersveld near to Alexander Bay, to assist "Have a Heart" and "Network for Animals" to ...
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