Correction: The casualty, a 50 year old German man, was with his wife and two friends. Not with his children as incorrectly reported. At 14h30, Tuesday, 09 February, NSRI Knysna duty crew were activated following eye-witness reports of a man ...
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 ...
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 ...
NSRI are continuing to urge extreme public caution around the coast with todays peak of the full moon Spring Tide.Higher than normal high tides, lower than normal low tides bringing with them much stronger than normal rip currents will be ...
The New Moon Spring Tide that peaks today, Sunday, 13th December, will result in stronger than normal rip currents to prevail around the coast for the rest of this coming week.A higher than normal high tide and a lower than ...
Picture by Glen Mintern, Community MedicsA Western Cape Government Health EMS rescue diver and an NSRI rescue swimmer static line hoisted by the EMS/AMS Skymed rescue helicopter during a helicopter sea rescue exercise at Bakoven this morning. ...
SUNDAY 6th DECEMBERA busy weekend experienced with NSRI call-outs continued on Sunday afternoon, 06th December, where NSRI Plettenberg Bay responded to a woman on a jet-ski in difficulty in the Keurbooms River Mouth. A rubber-duck with 2 men and a ...
NSRI have dealt with a number of incidents over this weekend.On Friday, 04th December, NSRI Gordons Bay launched to assist a mother and her son in difficulty on a canoe 500 meters off-shore of Gordons Bay harbour.A bystander had launched ...
This morning the City of Cape Town held an Emergency Services Parade which wound it's way from the Cape Town Stadium to Camps Bay. Various services were represented and NSRI showed the flag by having Table Bay's rescue vehicle participate ...
Ian Gray, NSRI Port Elizabeth station commander, said: 'At 14h00, Thursday, 26th November, NSRI Port Elizabeth duty crew were activated by the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) following a request for urgent assistance from the 29 meter steel Crayfish boat ...
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