At 12h01, Wednesday, 20 April, NSRI Knysna duty crew were activated following a call from an eye-witness, a fisherman who was fishing on the train bridge, reporting a drowning in progress in the Knysna Lagoon ...
NSRI Witbank duty crew were activated to assist Police at the Klein Olifants River, near to the Mhluzi lower water bridge, near to Middleberg, also the NSRI Kleinmond duty crew were alerted to eye-witness reports a yellow kayak adrift a ...
At 06h49, Saturday, 16 April, NSRI Gqeberha duty crew were activated following eye-witness reports of a boat in distress in the Swartkops River Mouth and the eye-witness could see one man in distress in the water. ...
Condolences are conveyed to the families who have lost loved ones during the flooding. Our thoughts are with those families who have loved ones who are still missing. Our thoughts are with those who are displaced. ...
NSRI stations along the KZN coastline are continuing to assist, along with the emergency services, in multiple flood related incidents, along the KZN coastline and inland, caused by heavy rainfall. ...
At 13h48, Sunday, 10 April, NSRI Plettenberg Bay duty crew were activated following reports of a hiker injured on the Kranshoek Cairnbrogie Farm hiking trail. ...
At 07h08, Sunday, 10 April, NSRI St Lucia duty crew were activated following reports of 2 fishermen fallen overboard a local commercial fishing boat in the surfline at Mapelane Bay. ...
NSRI Durban duty crew and Netcare 911 ambulance services were placed on alert at 07h26, Tuesday, 5 April, to prepare to meet a motor vessel bulk carrier later in the day off-shore of the Port of Durban to patient evacuate ...
NSRI crews are sometimes called to assist with mountain rescues. We look at what’s required to execute these sometimes risky missions. ...
Over 1 100 lives were saved by the NSRI in 2021, through responsive station rescues, public Pink Rescue Buoy rescues, and proactive lifeguarding initiatives. In addition to this, many more were and still are going to be saved thanks to ...
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