Spencer Oldham has sent us a series of images taken today. In his own words: ' I have never seen such absolute devastation from a fire in my life...'Our hearts go out to all who have been affected. Collection points ...
Drowning is a real danger for children. Especially those under 5 years of age. One of the greatest dangers that parents need to navigate is making their swimming pool child safe. During the past holidays statistics show us that one ...
Darren Zimmerman, NSRI Simon's Town station commander, said:At 13h07 on Thursday the 2nd of February, NSRI Simon's Town duty crew and CMR (Cape Medical Response) responded to Dias Beach, Cape Point, following reports of a drowning in progress.Cape Town Fire ...
UPDATE: MUIZENBERG - Man critical after non-fatal drowning incident:At 13h55 City of Cape Town Municipal lifeguards, on duty at Muizenberg Beach, were summoned by members of the public reporting a drowning in progress about 300 meters down the beach.A rescue ...
The Eden District Municipality, together with NSRI and WESSA (Wildlife and Environmental Society of South Africa) hosted a rescue demonstration event at the Wilderness Blue Flag this weekend. During the demonstration, Sea Rescue Station 23 demonstrated a rescue from a ...
Dr Cleeve Robertson, NSRI CEO, said: The drowning ratio may be as high as 70% inland and 30% coastal. NSRI, as part of our drowning prevention initiative, are working closely with the agencies responsible for gathering statistics to accumulate accurate ...
PORT EDWARD:Alan Stilwell, NSRI Port Edward duty controller, said: At 06h00, Sunday, 01 January, NSRI Port Edward duty crew were activated, together with Law Enforcement, our local Traffic Inspectorate, SA Police Services, Sector Police, Emergency Medical Services, Hibiscus Municipal Authorities ...
JEFFREYS BAY:Rieghard Janse van Rensburg, NSRI Jeffreys Bay station commander, said:At 08h46, Sunday, 18th December, NSRI Jeffreys Bay duty crew were activated following reports of a drowning in progress at Paradise Beach Lagoon, Jeffreys Bay.The Kouga emergency response plan was ...
A young boy, believed to be aged around 9 or 10, sadly drowned at Wilderness Lagoon today.Torsten Henschel, NSRI Wilderness duty coxswain, said that NSRI Wilderness were alerted at 11h13, Saturday, 17th December, following reports of a drowning in progress ...
Thank you Tsogo Sun Hotels for the kind donation of used towels from the Southern Sun Cape Sun. Our Rescue bases value items such as these as they get put to good use drying off and warming up our casualties ...
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