Sea Rescue – Vaal Dam – 29 December, 2010:At 18h06 NSRI Vaal Dam were activated following reports of two young men swept down river on a tractor tube.The two men, Brad Edwards, 22, and Geoff Thompson, 21, both from Germiston ...
Gavin Fordham was called by Port Control 04h00 this morning informing usthat svShiloh needed assistance into the port due to her not having workingengines.R19A was dispatched to the scene where Coxwain Cornel du Toit proceeded totow the vessel into the ...
(Follow-up: 28th December) A stand-up paddle boarder who was feared to be in difficulty yesterday on Durban’s shore front made it safely ashore at around 13h00 27th December and immediately called a sea rescue emergency number to confirm that he ...
Sea Rescue – Kommetjie – 28 December, 2010: Body recovered:An extensive air, sea and shore search was launched at Noordhoek Beach for a 35 year old man, from Site 5, Kommetjie, went missing and is presumed to have drowned in ...
Sea Rescue – Mossel Bay and Richards Bay – 28 December, 2010:At 16h26 NSRI Mossel Bay launched 2 rescue craft following activation by an off-duty NSRI volunteer who had noticed two divers waving towards shore in distress at The Point ...
Sea Rescue – Durban – 28 December, 2010:At 11h30 NSRI Durban, the KZN EMRS (Emergency Medical and Rescue Service), Police Search and Rescue, the Discovery Surf Rescue helicopter, Netcare 911 ambulance service and lifeguards responded to Amanzimtoti following reports of ...
Sea Rescue – St Francis Bay – 26 and 27 December, 2010:On the 26th at around 12h58, NSRI St Francis Bay responded to Jeffries Bay following reports of a rubber-duck capsized in the surf with 5 persons on-board.On arrival on-scene ...
Sea Rescue – Durban – 27 December, 2010: Search for missing manAn extensive air, sea and shore search has been launched at Princess Grant, Stanger, for a male missing and presumed to have drowned in the surf.NSRI Durban, the Discovery ...
Sea Rescue – National – 25th and 26th December, 2010:On the 25th NSRI Simon's Town towed in the yacht Mystique Lady, sailing from Port Elizabeth to Simonstown into the Harbour.Also on Christmas day NSRI Hermanus investigated an eye-witness report of ...
Sea Rescue – Cape Town – 26th December, 2010:At 16h40 NSRI Melkbosstrand volunteers, Metro EMS, the SA Police Service and the Discovery Surf Rescue helicopter were activated to assist Law Enforcement on the scene at Tableview beach where a ...
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