Notices
On Friday 21 Dec 2018 the CWR squad was activated after receiving reports that a boat had capsized in the Swartkops River near the railway bridge. On arrival it was established that it was a small 2 man boat with motor that had capsized. The occupants made it safely to shore, and a stand down was issued to the squad.
Services on scene: Coastal Water Rescue, BWBLSC, EMS, Beach Office, SAPS Divers, NSRI
On Monday 03 Dec 2018 at 13:39 a report was received from WERC that a drowning occurred in the Swartkops river near Sumcay.
CWR squad members were despatch to the scene to provide assistance to the emergency services already on scene. CWR squad members were deployed into the water to start a search and was shortly after joined by Beach Office lifeguards.
The search continued for almost an hour without any success, and the scene was handed over to the SAPS divers to continue with an underwater search.
On Saturday 1 December 2018 the CWR squad did a refresher CPR course. As we finished an alert came through from WERC (Water Emergency Rescue Committee) that there was a suicidal person on Brighton Pier, and was try to jump.
The lifeguards at Brighton Beach managed to secure the person at the end of the pier by holding onto him to prevent him from jumping.
The squad was not activated and only a few members were sent to the scene to provide assistance. Members geared up and went onto the pier ready to deploy into the water should the person manage to break free and jump off.
After a while, he was successfully negotiated off the pier and handed over to SAPS and EMS for medical attention.
On Wednesday 28 Nov 2018 CWR activated the squad at 15:25 after receiving reports of a drowning in progress in the Swartkops River.
On arrival it was established that two men attempted to cross the river, the one exited after entering but the other got into trouble in the middle.
A fisherman witness this and alerted the authorities.
CWR did an extensive search for almost one hour but unfortunately was not successful in locating the victim.
The CWR squad was activated at 14:10 after reports from WERC that there was a drowning in progress at the North End lake. On arrival CWR swimmers were immediately deployed into the water. Information from bystanders was that a group of young boys was playing near the water's edge, when one of them got into trouble, and the alarm was raised.
The body of the young boy was located following a water search. Once retrieved it was placed in a Gardmed ambulance and resuscitation was started by the paramedics.
Despite their extensive efforts was the resuscitation not a success.
Today was the day of our annual AGM. The new committee going forward for the next 24 months was chosen, and we welcome Wayne de Lange back onto the committee. The rest of the current committee was chosen to serve for another term.
On Monday 30 July at 21:59 the CWR squad was activated following reports from WERC that there was a drowning in progress at Swartkops River. On arrival after talking to eye witnesses it was established that a single male was observed in the river, bystanders attempted to assist the person in the water but was not successful.
A shore search was performed which was called off at 22:59 and will be resumed today.
Services on scene: Coastal Water Rescue, BWB Rescue, EMS, Fire Department, SAPS Sector vehicle, SAPS Dive Unit.
Today at 12.10pm CWR activated the squad after a report received from WERC (Water Emergency Rescue Committee) that a fisherman was missing at Sundays River near the mouth.
Several members deployed to the Sundays River mouth to assist with a water search.
After a search of the immediate area the search was handed over to the SAPS divers, who continued with an extensive underwater search.
The search was later called off after no sign of the missing person was found.
