There were multiple incidents across the country between the period of Thursday 28 November and Tuesday 3 December including responses to a distress signal, the rescues of a border collie and turtle, and the assistance of a solo sailor. ...
The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) is proud to announce the ongoing success of its Pink Rescue Buoy initiative. Since its launch in 2017, the initiative has been used to rescue more than 200 people. ...
Cathrine Prentis, NSRI East London station commander, said: At 14h35, Sunday, 1 December, NSRI East London duty crew were activated following eyewitness reports of a drowning in progress in the surf zone at Eastward Ho, Gonubie. ...
Jonathan Tufts, NSRI Gqeberha deputy station commander, said: At 14h01, Sunday, 1 December, NSRI Gqeberha duty crew were activated following reports of a man missing in the Sundays River, at the Pearson Park slipway, Colchester. ...
Darren Zimmerman, NSRI Simonstown duty controller, said: At 17h19, Saturday, 30 November, NSRI Simonstown duty crew and CMR (Cape Medical Response) ambulance services were activated following eyewitness reports to NSRI EOC (Emergency Operations Centre) requesting medical assistance for a non-fatal ...
UPDATE MILNERTON: On Friday morning, 29 November, in an ongoing search and recovery operation, the SA Police Services, Police divers (SAPS Water Policing and Diving Services) and the Police Air Wing helicopter located and recovered the body of a man ...
NSRI, lifeguards, Police and the emergency services have attended to multiple rescue operations over the past weeks, including sadly an increase in drowning accidents around the coastline and on inland waters. ...
On Friday afternoon, 29 November, during ongoing search and recovery efforts, the body of a man was located and recovered by Police, assisted by Kwadakuza lifeguards, at Clarkes Beach, Ballito. ...
Rescue teams responded to reports of two swimmers caught in rip currents Sunday at Milnerton Beach. A Good Samaritan used an NSRI Pink Rescue Buoy to save a 23-year-old man, but a 44-year-old remains missing. Extensive air, sea, and shoreline ...
Norman Rautenbach, NSRI Richards Bay deputy station commander, said: At 15h42, Sunday, 24 November, NSRI Richards Bay duty crew were activated following reports from the Beach Office of Umhlatuze lifeguards engaged in a search operation for a local male teenager ...
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