Notices

The CWR squad was activated on Tuesday 29 Oct 2024 at 07:20 following reports of a vehicle that had gone into the water at Flatrocks.

On arrival, the vehicle was located on the rocks at the surfs edge.

The driver was standing outside of the vehicle. The CWR paramedic assessed the driver for injuries, who was transported to the hospital by Metro EMS.

A stand down was issued to the squad.

The CWR was activated for a 3rd time on 29 Oct 2024 at 23:46 following reports of a possibly missing delivery motorcycle rider.

According to the information received, the rider left a pizza franchise outlet around 16:30 en route to Lorraine, but he never made it to Lorraine.

According to the franchise's tracking application, the rider's phone's last ping point was in the 3rd Avenue dip; it is assumed the rider attempted to cross the flooding Baakens River with his delivery motorcycle.

Squad members met with SAPS divers and did an initial search from the banks of the immediate area and a bit further downstream from the crossing. Due to the conditions, fast-flowing water, and a lot of debris in the water, the squad was not able to perform a water search at the time.

The search was called off at about 01:30, and the SAPS divers would take over and do a water search in the morning.

The CWR squad had a second activation at 14:18 on Tuesday, 29 Oct 2024, following a report of a child that had been swept away in Booysens Park after an attempted crossing of the flooding river.

The CWR members on scene found that the SAPS S&R unit was already on scene and had located the body of the casualty downstream from where the incident occurred, and a standdown was issued as no further assistance could be offered.

The CWR squad was activated to respond to the Noordhoek area at 01:18 on Monday, September 2, 2024, following reports of a RIB that had overturned and that there were two casualties in the water. The other five casualties were picked up out of the water by the Dark Water Ops craft and Rescue 6A from NSRI Station 6. At the time, it was not known if the remaining two casualties had made it safely to shore.

CWR squad members conducted an extensive search of the shoreline, but the rocky terrain and incoming tide made search efforts very difficult. The search was called off after two hours.

On Friday, August 30, 2024, the CWR squad was activated to respond to the area between Beachview and Maitlands following a report from a passing cyclist of two possible swimmers in distress.

Upon arrival, a visual search of the immediate area was conducted by all the services on scene. There was a lot of dolphin activity in the area at the time.

After approximately one hour of scanning the ocean, the squad was stood down.

The CWR squad was activated to respond to the Swartkops on Wednesday, August 28, 2024, at 19:18, following initial reports of a fisherman who had fallen over the bridge into the water.

Upon arrival, however, it was established that a resident was walking in the area and had heard the distressed calls. He immediately raised the alarm.

BWBLSC was one of the first services on scene, along with Warrant Officer Logs from Swartkops SAPS. Together, they retrieved two casualties from the water and immediately began CPR on one of them.

When the CWR squad members arrived, no further support in the water was needed, and the squad members immediately joined in to assist with the CPR in progress, unfortunately, all CPR efforts were unsuccessful.

The second casualty was handed over to the care of the EMS crew on scene.

The CWR squad was activated on Saturday 10 August 2024 at 11am following reports of a drowning in progress in the Redhouse rowing club. On arrival it was established that a youth capsized his craft during a training exercise and had gone underwater. 

CWR squad members joined by members from the BWBLSC performed an extensive water search of the immediate area, but this search was not successful. 

NSRI Station 6 launched their jetrib Rescue 6B and assisted with the search.