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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 31 December 2018

Successful pink rescue buoy rescue at Dappat se Gat

DAPPAT SE GAT:Vincent Landman, NSRI Gordons Bay crew member, was at Dappat se Gat today and he has recounted this story of a successful life saved using an NSRI pink rescue buoy:On 31 December, at 15h10, myself and friends were ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 31 December 2018

A second Paraglider accident - Wilderness. Body recovered - Zandvlei.

WILDERNESS:Mike Vonk, NSRI Wilderness deputy station commander, said:On Sunday 30 December 2018 at 19h10, NSRI Station 23 Wilderness was contacted to assist a paraglider who had collided with the top of a steep dune in Wilderness.Earlier we had attended to ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 30 December 2018

Boat capsized - Sodwana. Child rescued - Wilderness. Paraglider rescued - Wilderness.Missing man - Zandvlei:

SODWANA:On Saturday, 29th December, during the late morning, a boat with 5 crew onboard capsized off-shore between the lighthouse and Jessa Point. It is believed all 5 crew were assisted ashore by local dive charter boats and private boats. Isimangaliso ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 29 December 2018

Authorities dealing with a whale washed ashore - Wilderness. Patient evacuation off a cruise-liner - Mossel Bay:

WILDERNESS:Saturday, 29th December:Bathers and beach users are requested to be cautious along the Wilderness coastline due to suspected increased inshore shark activity after a Humpback whale washed ashore late yesterday, Friday, 28th December, on Wilderness Beach.George Municipal lifeguards, George Fire ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 26 December 2018

Fatal drowning

KLEINMOND:At 19h55, Tuesday, 25th December, NSRI Station 42 Kleinmond, WC Government Health EMS and the SA Police Services responded to the R44 Palmiet River bridge following reports from a group of men suspecting their 28 year old local male friend ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 26 December 2018

Incidents on Christmas day included 2 successful rescues with bystanders using NSRI pink rescue buoys in Jeffreys Bay and Lamberts Bay:  

JEFFREYS BAY:Rieghard Janse van Rensburg, NSRI Jeffreys Bay station commander, said:At 09h25, Tuesday, 25th December, 2 teenagers, a boy aged 14 from Paarl and a girl aged 13 from Port Elizabeth, who were swimming at the beach near to the ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 26 December 2018

Christmas day incidents in Wilderness and Boxing Day incidents Struisbaai, Shelly Beach, Ramsgate, Mfazana, Natures Valley, Blouberg, Jeffreys Bay: 

WILDERNESS:Mike Vonk, NSRI Wilderness deputy station commander, said:25 December 17h23, NSRI Station 23 Wilderness were alerted by life guards on Wilderness Beach who requested assistance with 4 casualties caught in a rip-current.NSRI crew, who had based themselves at the station ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 26 December 2018

Fatal drowning - Richards Bay. Assistance at motor vehicle accident - Port Nolloth

RICHARDS BAY:Jacques Kruger, NSRI Richards Bay duty coxswain, said:At 16h36, Wednesday, 26th December, NSRI Station 19 Richards Bay duty crew were activated following reports of a drowning in progress at Mtanzini River Mouth. Port Dunford.The sea rescue craft Spirit of ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 25 December 2018

3 fatal drownings in 3 separate incidents - Mossel Bay, Strand, Wilderness. And the body of missing child found - Beachview, Port Elizabeth:

MOSSEL BAY:At 09h04, Tuesday, 25th December, NSRI Station 15 Mossel Bay were activated to reports of a drowning in progress in the Great Brak River, Suiderkruis, Mossel Bay, near to the river mouth.Municipal lifeguards had initiated a search for an ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 25 December 2018

A fatal drowning at Buffalo Bay, Knysna

At 16h15, Tuesday, 25th December, NSRI Station 12 Knysna responded to Buffalo Bay following reports of a drowning in progress.Lifeguards, Western Cape Government Health EMS and EMS Rescue, Knysna Fire and Rescue Services and the SA Police Services were responding ...

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