At 12h58, Thursday, 14 May, NSRI Jeffreys Bay were activated following reports of 2 men trapped on a island (of a downed tree and debris) in the middle of the Gamtoos River, near to Patensie, Eastern Cape. ...
At 08h52, Friday, 15 May, NSRI St Helena Bay duty crew were activated following an urgent request for medical assistance for a medical emergency onboard a fishing vessel at sea offshore of St Helena Bay and the vessel heading towards ...
At 12h02 on Friday, 15 May, National Sea Rescue Institute Station 14 Plettenberg Bay duty crew were activated following concerns for the safety of a woman and her dogs who appeared to be trapped on Robberg Beach by the incoming high tide. ...
At 11h02, Saturday, 16 May, NSRI Strandfontein duty crew were activated following eyewitness reports of a drowning in progress at Monwabisi Beach. ...
NSRI Melkbosstrand and NSRI Headquarters station 1, swift water rescue crews, rescue craft and rescue equipment, were activated in cooperation with Overberg DRM (Disaster Risk Management) to assist DRM, the SA Police Services, Fire and Rescue Services, Provincial Traffic Services ...
Tuesday, 12 May, NSRI Yzerfontein duty crew were activated following a request for assistance from Swartland Fire and Rescue Services, at Kalbaskraal (near Malmesbury), where persons and domestic animals were trapped by flooding during heavy rainfalls. ...
NSRI Kleinmond crew were activated following a request for assistance from WC Government Health EMS Metro Rescue and WC DRM (Disaster Risk Management), in cooperation with Overberg DRM, following reports of farm workers trapped on farm building roofs on a ...
On Tuesday, 6 May, just after 20h00, NSRI EOC (Emergency Operations Centre), MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre) and NSRI Richards Bay were alerted to a Chinese man who was injured onboard a bulk carrier, with the vessel heading towards Richards Bay. ...
At 10h59 on Friday, the 8th of May, NSRI Gqeberha duty crew were activated following a request for assistance from 2 local men on a 30-foot boat on the Sundays River reporting motor failure. They had put out their anchor ...
At 01h19, Tuesday, 5 May, NSRI Table Bay duty crew and WC Government Health EMS rescue squad were activated to respond to a medical emergency on a Hong Kong-flagged chemical tanker offshore of Table Bay. ...
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