TABLE BAY:Paula Leech, NSRI Table Bay duty controller, said:At 05h35, Thursday, 17 September, NSRI Table Bay duty crew launched the sea rescue craft Spirit of Vodacom, accompanied by an NSRI doctor and 2 WC Government Health EMS rescue paramedics, to ...
Travis Clack, NSRI Witbank station commander, said:At 16h10, Saturday, 12 September, NSRI Witbank duty crew towed the NSRI rescue craft FNB Wavescapes, to Rondebosch Dam, Middleburg, Mpumalanga, to assist Police and emergency services who were searching for a missing man ...
Kite boarder assisted and in another incident a kayaker rescued by his fellow yacht crew - Langebaan. 3 incidents in quick succession - Kommetjie, Scarborough and Noordhoek:LANGEBAAN:Mike Shaw, NSRI Mykonos station commander, said:At 16h59, Saturday, 5 September, NSRI Mykonos duty ...
RICHARDS BAY:Jacques Kruger, NSRI Richards Bay duty coxswain, said:On Saturday, 5 September, while conducting routine training in Richards Bay, NSRI Richards Bay duty crew responded aboard the sea rescue craft Grindrod Rescuer to the Pump Station area in the Port ...
At 10h33, Sunday, 6 September, SA Whale Disentanglement Network (SAWDN) volunteers from NSRI Mykonos towed the sea rescue craft Spirit of Rotary - East London to St Helena Bay harbour where the sea rescue craft was launched and headed towards ...
Timothy Edwards, NSRI Durban duty coxswain, said:At 11h23, Friday, 4 September, NSRI Durban duty crew were activated by NSRI EOC (Emergency Operations Centre) following a request for assistance from the ships agent of a 222 meter container motor vessel at ...
Marc de Vos, NSRI Table Bay station commander, said:At 11h43, Thursday, 3 September, NSRI Table Bay duty crew were activated following a request from SANCCOB (Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds) to evacuate an African penguin found ...
Kelly-Ann Irving, NSRI volunteer and deputy station commander at Station 26 (Kommetjie), has trained with the South African Whale Disentanglement Network (SAWDN) to rescue whales using specialised techniques and equipment. We chat to her fascinating work... ...
From 27 March to 26 August this year, the NSRI conducted 269 operations around the country. These included assisting 202 people in distress, performing 46 medical evacuations, 44 vessel tows and 27 transfers, and rescuing 20 animals in distress. A ...
If Helen of Troy was the face that launched a thousand ships, then Patti Price is the woman who launched a rescue service. Here is the fascinating story. The NSRI celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2017. It was a year ...
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