Notices
Tonight at 18:01 the CWR squad was activated after reports received from the Water Emergency Response Committee (WERC) that a boat capsized in the Sunday's River mouth.
On arrival it was established that the boat was not occupied, it was anchored on a sand bank and the fishermen were fishing close by. The boat dislodged during the incoming tide. At the time the fishermen was not aware of this, and it was called in by a 3rd party.
The fisherman were cut off from shore but was on a sand bank. The BWBLSC rescue duck was available on scene and BWBLSC life savers ferried the fishermen with their equipment back to shore.
Thank you to everybody who responded to this call.
Resources on scene:
EMS, Beach Office, Coastal Water Rescue, NSRI ( Station 6), SAPS Diving Unit, BWB Rescue, SA National Parks, Local Resident Rescue Volunteer
During a weekend a fisherman was reported missing after attempting to cross the Swartkops river in the Tigerbay area, and a missing person case was opened at the Swartkops SAPS.
Yesterday 6 Sep 2016 his body was found by a fellow fisherman and 10111 was notified.
Some of our squad members assisted the SAPS dive unit with the recovery of the fisherman's body.
Our sincere condolences with the family during this trying time.
CWR
On Sunday 14 August 2016, at 11.50am a request was sent to the Water Emergency Rescue Committee (WERC) by the SAPS Dive Unit, to assist with a body recovery off Brighton Beach, and that motorised craft was required.
The NSRI responded to the scene with their duck Rescue 6A. BWBLSC placed their rescue team on standby at the clubhouse.
CWR did not activate the squad and only responded with two members. On arrival, it was established that the victim was in shallow waters where there appeared to be a sand bank. There were concerns that the water might be too shallow for Rescue 6A to reach it. A CWR swimmer plus a volunteer from the SAPS Abalone Task Team were sent into the water.
In the water, they met up with Rescue 6A and an NSRI swimmer, retrieved the body and handed it over to the SAPS Dive Unit at the water’s edge for further investigation by the SAPS.
Our sincere condolences to the friends and family of the victim, and also to the young lady involved in this terrible incident.
Below the official SAPS release regarding this incident:
Eastern Cape, Port Elizabeth, 14 August 2016 : A traumatic ordeal involving two students from the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University last night (13/08) has ended in charges of rape, hijacking and murder being investigated by police.
The tragic incident allegedly played out at about 21:30 when the two students aged 21 and 28 years old were hijacked in North End in Port Elizabeth while seated in their vehicle. About 6 men approached the couple and pointed them with a firearm. The couple was pushed in the boot of their vehicle and two suspects drove off with them.
The couple was taken to a beach in Port Elizabeth where the 21 year old woman was allegedly raped and her male friend shot a few meters away from the car. The suspects drove off with the woman and dropped her off in central Port Elizabeth. The incident was reported to police during the early hours of this morning (14/08).
An investigation task team was immediately mobilised by the Acting Mount Road Cluster Commander, Brig Ernie Neveling and a manhunt was conducted for the suspects and the missing man, with the assistance of the PE Flying Squad, SAPS Air Wing, SAPS Search and Rescue divers and NSRI. At about 12:30 the body of a male was found floating in the sea near Brighton Beach.
The victim’s vehicle a gold coloured Polo Vivo , registration number HSC 308EC has not yet been recovered. Police are appealing to anyone who can assist in their investigation in tracing the suspects or the hijacked vehicle to contact D/Capt ‘Klippie’ Killian of SAPS Mount Road on 083 391 2377 or Constable Nkaza 082 442 1384 or 08600 10111. All information reported to police will be treated as strictly confidential. ?#CrimeStop?
It was the squad's Annual General Meeting today and a new management committee was elected. The following changes are effective immediately.
Operations Manager - Dirk Erasmus was formally elected into the position after serving as interim ops manager for the past 6 months.
Treasurer - No changes, Andrew Smit remains our treasurer
PRO - No changes, Suzie du Plessis remains our PRO officer.
Support Services - Chris Meistre remains in this position
Three additional members, Kim Barley, Roland Francis and Andrew Beuster were elected to serve on the management committee.
Leani Horne (secretary), and Kyle Trader (training) has stood down from the committee, the positions they vacanted will be filled from within the new committee in due course. They will remain on the squad as rescue swimmers.
Tonight at 17:45 the squad was activated after reports received from the NSRI of a kite surfer in trouble in the vicinity of Flat Rocks. It was later established that it was a wind and not kite surfer that was seen.
The NSRI performed an extensive sea search but did not find anything, our squad members assisted to check all location down to Kings Beach for vehicles or further info.
It was decided to stand down at 19:30 due to the lack of visibility. At this time there were also no reports of anybody that went surfing and did not return.
Great response by all the emergency services in very cold and wet conditions. Thank you to everybody that responded.
Today at 16:42 the CWR squad was activated after reports received from the BWBLSC that a boat had flipped in the river mouth with 4 occupants.
On arrival it was established that everybody was out of the water after being assisted by members of the BWBLSC and a stand down was issued to the rest of the squad. One person was attended to by Gardmed but no treatment was required.
Well done to BWBLSC for their quick response to this incident.
Today at approximately 18h00 CWR responded to a drowning incident at St Georges beach. A 10 year old boy was swimming with his friends and got into difficulty. CWR, Bluewater Bay drowning prevention, BWB lifesaving members, SAPS, Beach Office and NSRI were on scene. CWR rescue swimmers and the BWB lifesavers (on the jetski) did a thorough search of the area where the young boy was last seen. Strong currrents and the sand bank made the search area large. Due to fading light the search was eventually called off. The search will resume at first light tomorrow morning. Condolences to the family.
At 14:33 the emergency services was notified of a drowning in progress at Van Stadens Resort, sea side and not the river. The squad was immediately activated to respond, on arrival at the resort a stand down notice was received as the patient was out of the water. Two girls, ages estimated 17/18 years old got into difficulty in the sea, the one managed to get out and ran for help. The Van Stadens Resort Lifeguards were notified and immediately sprang into action by responding and sounding the alarm for additional help. The girl who was still in difficulty eventually managed to get out some distance from where she went in. Well done to the resort life guards for their quick response. On scene was SAPS, EMS, EMS Aeromed3 Chopper and Beach Office.
