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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 13 February 2020

Fisherman missing: George

Robert van Helsdingen, NSRI Wilderness duty coxswain, said:At 17h04, Thursday, 13th February, NSRI Wilderness duty crew were activated following reports of a fisherman fallen off rocks into the sea at the Gwaing River Mouth.NSRI rescue swimmers responded directly to the ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 13 February 2020

SEA RESCUE – Richards Bay – Thursday, 13 February. Patient evacuation off a ship:

Jacques Kruger, NSRI Richards Bay duty coxswain, said:At 11h09, Thursday, 13th February, NSRI Richards Bay duty crew were activated by the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) following a request for a patient evacuation of the Master of a Bulk ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 11 February 2020

Investigation into unmanned canoe

Andre Fraser, NSRI Mossel Bay station commander, said:At 18h25 on Monday the 10th of February, NSRI Mossel Bay duty crew were activated following reports of a canoe appearing to be abandoned among reeds on the Great Brak River between the ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 10 February 2020

Witsand – Woman deceased and 2 men survive after boat capsizes:

At 16h04, Sunday, 09 February, NSRI Witsand duty crew were activated following eye-witness reports of a Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB) capsized at The Bar, at the Breede River Mouth, on the Cape Infanta side of the Breede River Mouth.The Sea ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 10 February 2020

SEA RESCUE – National – Monday, 10 February. Incidents:  

PLETTENBERG BAY:Ross Badenhorst, NSRI Plettenberg Bay station commander, said:At 10h18, on Monday, 10 February, NSRI Plettenberg Bay duty crew were activated to reports of 3 people in difficulty in the water off Beach 3 ,Natures Valley.We launched our sea rescue ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 8 February 2020

Kwa-Zulu Natal – Saturday, 08 February. Patient evacuation off a ship - Durban. Boats assisted - North Coast:

DURBAN:Jonathan Kellerman, NSRI Durban station commander, said:At 08h30, Saturday, 08 February, NSRI Durban duty crew, accompanied by Netcare 911 rescue paramedics, launched the sea rescue craft Alick Rennie to rendezvous with a bulk carrier approaching Durban to patient evacuate an ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 6 February 2020

Boat assisted - Durban

Paul Bevis, NSRI Durban duty coxswain, said:At 10h24, Wednesday, 05 February, NSRI Durban duty crew launched the sea rescue craft Spirit of Surfski 6 following a request for assistance from 2 local crewmen on a 28 foot Buttcat craft reporting ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 6 February 2020

Fatal drowning, non-fatal drowning and 1 person missing: Durban

Paul Bevis, NSRI Durban duty coxswain said:At 20h18, Wednesday, 05 February, NSRI Durban duty crew were activated following a request for assistance from Metro Police Search and Rescue who were responding together with a Police Search and Rescue officer to ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 6 February 2020

Fatal drowning: PE

Jonathan Tufts, NSRI Port Elizabeth deputy station commander, said:At 17h20, Wednesday, 05 February, NSRI Port Elizabeth duty crew were activated following a request for assistance from emergency services dispatched earlier to a drowning in progress in the Swartkops River near ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 3 February 2020

Incidents in Gordon's Bay and Kommetjie.

STRAND and GORDON'S BAY:Alan Meiklejohn, NSRI Gordon's Bay station commander, said:On Saturday, 01 February, at 20h06, NSRI Gordon's Bay duty crew were activated to eye-witness reports of a man entering the sea at Strand Beach and the man reportedly disappeared ...

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