NSRI is putting up Pink Rescue Buoys on beaches and near rivers & dams around the country.The aim is to provide flotation for a member of the public to throw to someone in difficulty in the water. The local emergency ...
Men and women who offer up their time to help others..Music - 'Don't Give Up' kindly donated by Watershed and Craig Hinds ...
Our rescue vehicles transport our crew, tow our boats, act as communication points and carry essential medical equipment....Thank you Mitsubishi Motors South Africa for the part you play in saving lives. ...
The NSRI's WaterWise Yazi Ngamanzi has reached over 1.3 million school children.We estimate that Nine double decker buses full of children drown each year. We need to change the lives of children by giving them water safety lessons in a ...
At 10h55, Monday, 15th August, the SA Whale Disentanglement Network (SAWDN) volunteers were activated following eye-witness reports of a whale entangled in fishing rope and floatation buoys, approximately 400 meters off-shore of Glencairn (between Fish Hoek and Simon's Town).The NSRI ...
Marc Rodgers, NSRI Plettenberg Bay Station Commander, said:At 16h05, Thursday, 11th August, NSRI Plettenberg Bay duty crew were activated following reports of four or five persons appearing to be in distress, caught in rip currents at Lookout Beach.NSRI Plettenberg Bay ...
At 15h36, Saturday, 06th August, the SA Whale Disentanglement Network (SAWDN) were activated following reports of a whale discovered by a local fishing ski-boat crew to be entangled in fishing rope and floatation buoys 500 meters off-shore of Cape Point ...
At 09h00 on Wednesday the 2nd of March, the SA Whale Disentanglement Network (SAWDN) volunteers were activated following eye-witness reports of a whale appearing to be entangled in fishing rope and floatation buoys off Bantry Bay.It appears that the whale ...
At 07h26, Sunday, 07th February, NSRI Hout Bay duty crew were activated by the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) following a request for a water pump from the local 20 meter fishing vessel Silver Hunter, with 21 crew onboard, ...
Here is a short video taken of our RIB (Rotary Endeavour) from Table Bay with her crew practicing 'coming alongside' the deep sea rescue vessel Spirit of Vodacom. We practice this manoeuvre in all sea conditions and at various speeds ...
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