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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 22 March 2013

VAAL DAM - Child drowns:

On Friday, 22nd March, at 15h12, NSRI Vaal Dam duty crew were activated following reports of a drowning at Rate Payers Bay, approximately 1 kilometer from the NSRI rescue base at Deneysville.Dick Manten, NSRI Vaal Dam station commander, said: 'Our ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 16 March 2013

Angler assisted at De Mond

'At 07h30, Saturday, 16th March, NSRI Agulhas volunteer sea rescue duty crew were activated following reports of an angler bitten by a shark at De Mond, 15 kilometers from Struisbaai, and reported to be unable to walk and losing blood.'Because ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 15 March 2013

Kommetjie launch at 1am to assist crayfish bakkie

Tom Coetzee, NSRI Kommetjie station commander, said: 'At 01h00 NSRI Kommetjie volunteer sea rescue duty crew were activated following reports of a crayfish bakkie (small fishing boat) experiencing a snapped propellor shaft off-shore of Slangkop Lighthouse, Scarborough, with two fishermen ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 14 March 2013

Noordhoek – two swept out to sea rescued:

Lyall Pringle, NSRI Hout Bay station commander, said:'At 15h40 NSRI Hout Bay volunteer sea rescue duty crew were activated following reports of 5 people being swept out to sea on the Chapmans Peak side of Noordhoek Beach.'Our NSRI Hout Bay ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 13 March 2013

Muizenberg – Skipper thrown overboard:

Sunrise Beach, Muizenberg – Wednesday, 13th March, 2013. Skipper thrown overboard Kyena II:At 05h10 on Wednesday 13th March NSRI Simon's Town duty crew were activated by the Transnet National Ports Authority following a request for urgent assistance from the sailing ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 9 March 2013

HOUT BAY – A very lucky man:

Lyall Pringle, NSRI Hout Bay station commander, said:'On Saturday afternoon the 9th of March, our Hout Bay crew launched NADINE GORDIMER for sea trials. We motored towards Kommetjie and with wind and sea conditions worsening, we decided to turn around ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 7 March 2013

Patient transported to hospital

Deon Truter, NSRI Plettenberg Bay station commander, said: 'At17h15, Wednesday, 06th March, NSRI Plettenberg Bay volunteer sea rescue duty crew, while conducting routine exercises in the surf at Plettenberg Bay, were activated following reports of a man found motionless in ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 5 March 2013

PE, Three men rescued from drifting boat:

At 17h45 on Monday the 4th of March NSRI Port Elizabeth duty crew were called out following reports of a 5.8 meter rigid inflatable boat adrift at sea,with 3 men on board. They were thought to be between Schoenmakerskop ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 5 March 2013

STRANDFONTEIN – Boat capsizes, all safe:

At 10h47 on Monday the 4th of March, the Strandfontein volunteers were called out following reports of a boat capsized off the Strandfontein Pavilion, on the False Bay Coast.Mario Fredericks, NSRI Strandfontein station commander, said that the Strandfontein volunteers responded ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 5 March 2013

Gyrocopters safe in Jeffreys Bay:

Daniel Heimann, NSRI Port Elizabeth duty controller, said:'This afternoon at 15h10, (Tuesday, 05th March), NSRI Port Elizabeth volunteer sea rescue duty crew were alerted by the Mandela Bay Water Emergency Response Committee following reports of an incident in the ocean ...

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