Notices
On Wednesday 1 May 2019 the CWR squad was activated following reports from the Water Emergency Response Committee of a drowning in progress at the North End Lake.
On arrival it was established that a single adult male had entered the water, he started experiencing difficulties and disappeared under the surface.
CWR swimmers were deployed, and a local craft from the club provided assistance on the water.
After an underwater search was the victim located and taken to shore. CPR was initiated but unfortunately, it was not successful and the scene was handed over the SAPS.
Services on scene: Coastal Water Rescue, SAPS Divers, SAPS Sector Vehicles, Beach Office.
On Saturday 30 March at 12:42 the CWR squad was activated following reports of a possible swimmer in trouble, and missing near the rocks at Pollock Beach.
On arrival the immediate area was scanned from the rocks and the beach, and numerous people on the beach interviewed to get more information. It was found that the person the caller saw had exited the sea a little earlier and was safely on dry land.
Yesterday, Saturday 23rd March 2019 at 10h47, CWR was activated to a Primary Response - Medical Emergency involving a fisherman nearby the Lookout Point, Marine Drive, Noordhoek. Feedback was the fisherman had collapsed and fell into a rock pool. The location was on the shoreline rocks +- 500 metres from the road (rendezvous point). Access to the area was by foot only.
Initial reports were that an unresponsive fisherman was pulled out of the water medium by first responders who had then initiated CPR. This was handed over local members of the Metro EMS personnel, including an Advanced Life Support Paramedic and NMMM ECP Students.
They were joined by CWR’s Advanced Life Support Paramedic who assisted with the Advanced Life Support level of resuscitation care as well as other members of CWR, Beach Office and Gardmed.
A decision was taken to relocate the patient to an ambulance parked at the rendezvous point whilst continuing with the CPR effort. This task was extremally challenging as it involved uneven rocky ground and loose beach/stone surfaces over a distance of 500 Meters. The relocation and CPR were carried out by members of EMS, NMMM ECP Students, CWR, SAPS, NSRI, Beach Office, Gardmed and other various role players.
Unfortunately, after all these efforts, CPR was discontinued once the patient was in the ambulance.
The CWR squad was activated on Friday 22 March after reports received of a drowning in progress at McArthur pool area in the sea. On arrival it was established that the person had successfully been retrieved and no further assistance was required, and a stand down was issued to the squad.
On Sun 17 Feb the CWR squad was activated at 16:44 after receiving reports of a missing person at the Sundays River Mouth. On arrival, it was established that a group of men was swimming in the mouth when several of them got into trouble. All of the group, except one person managed to make it was to land, at which time they called for assistance.
A water search was immediately started, but after no success, it was called off due to dangerous conditions and fading light hour an hour of searching, and the scene was handed over to the SAPS.
Services on Scene:
Coastal Water Rescue, NSRI Station 6, Beach Office, BWBLSC Rescue, SAPS, SAPS Divers
On Sunday 11 Feb the CWR squad was activated following reports of an incident in the Swartkops river. A group of 10 boys were playing in the shallows on a piece of polystyrene using it as a makeshift raft when they fell off. 8 of the boys made it to shore, the 9th one was in trouble but was pulled out by them leaving the 10th still in the water and missing.
Arriving on scene the CWR squad was joined by members of the BWBLSC, Beach Office and Fire Department and formed a search party. The water depth at some places hampered the search efforts, and after searching for about an hour the scene was handed over to the SAPS Divers to perform an underwater search, which was not successful and is ongoing.
Services on scene: Coastal Water Rescue, Beach Office, Fire Department, SAPS S&R, SAPS Divers, SAPS Sector Vehicle, EMS & Gardmed.
Today at 10:28 the Coastal Water Rescue squad was activated after receiving a report from the Water Emergency Rescue Committee that there was a drowning in progress at Maitlands Beach.
En route to Maitlands further information was received that there were two patients , both out of the water and but that one patient was unresponsive and CPR was in progress.
As the location was approximately 200m from the demarcated swimming beach 4x4 vehicles were required to access the area. On arrival the first CWR squad members immediately started to assist the lifeguards with CPR, with one vehicle being used to assist Gardmed Medics and Paramedics to get to the scene.
Unfortunately, despite the extensive CPR effort, the rescuscitation not successful.
Services on Scene: Coastal Water Rescue, NMB Lifeguards, Beach Office, SAPS Kabega Park, EMS, Gardmed Ambulance Service and Netcare 911
Coastal Water Rescue activated the squad today at 13:59 following reports of a drowning incident at the Redhouse Yacht Club. A small group of people were fishing and two of them went into the water. One of them got into trouble and drowned despite attempts from his friend to assist him.
A surface search was done by swimmers from CWR and BWBLSC, with craft from BWBLSC and the Beach Office assisting.
The scene was handed over to the SAPS Divers, who after an underwater search located the drowning victim.
Services on Scene: Coastal Water Rescue, BWB Surf Lifesaving Club, SAPS Sector Vehicle, SAPS Divers, Beach Office
