It’s often been said that NSRI volunteers regard each other as family. There’s a closeness that develops while training and on callouts, especially, when crew need to look out for each other as well as the casualties they are helping ...
The National Sea Rescue Institute’s (NSRI) second Offshore Rescue Craft began its maiden voyage to its home station in Simon's Town on Saturday, 17th April 2021. The second vessel, which was imported as “hull, deck and bulkheads”, was completed by ...
The quick actions of four Jeffreys Bay teenagers save a life.Rip currents can be treacherous, as a 17-year-old girl from Hankey and her brother discovered when they went swimming at Checkers Beach in Jeffreys Bay.Fortunately, local residents Lisa Stumpf, 19 ...
While the vast majority of NSRI work takes place along South Africa’s coastline, rescue stations have also been extended to five major inland dams where water sports are popular. Theewaterskloof, the largest dam in the Western Cape Water Supply System ...
Paul Makupula, 31, is a senior lifeguard with the Kouga Local Municipality and joined Station 37 (Jeffreys Bay) two years ago. He lives in JBay with his wife, who works as an admin officer at the municipality. Paul tells us ...
You’d be forgiven for being a little nonplussed to learn that the NSRI has five inland stations. It is, after all, an institution based on sea rescue. But where there is a large body of water, there is a need ...
The NSRI has launched eight lifeguarding units over the past three years. Lifeguard Operations Manager Stewart Seini explains how the units came about, what they do, and their role within the NSRI.How the first Sea Rescue Lifeguard unit startedIn 2017 ...
The NSRI is manned by more than 1 300 volunteers at 43 stations around the country, including five inland bases. The bases are all in a unique province: Vaal Dam (Deneysville, Free State), Hartbeespoort Dam (North West), Witbank Dam (Mpumulanga) ...
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 ...
NSRI salutes our volunteers who are also essential-services personnel. One of these volunteers is Darren Zimmerman. He is the service manager for Cape Medical Response (CMR) and has been the station commander of Station 10 (Simon’s Town) since 2004, and ...
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