Notices

Members of Coastal Water Rescue, the NSRI and the Beach Office working together searching for the drowning victim in the North End Lake.

The CWR squad was activated to a drowning in progress in the Swartkops River. The scene was handed over to the SAPS after an extensive unsuccessful search.

Joint rescue training exercise, Coastal Water Rescue, Sea Rescue, SAPS K9 Search and Rescue, Fire Department, NMBMM Emergency Services.

Coastal Water Rescue squad members were dispatched to the drowning of a 13 year old girl near Motherwell Port Elizabeth. The search was called off due to darkness and will continue at first light with the SAPS divers.

Coastal Water Rescue members were dispatched to assist in the rescue of members of the public who were trapped on their car roof in the middle of a flooded river near Kleinskool PE. Members of the Metro rescue and fire services had arrived on scene first and successfully rescued the trapped individuals.

CWR Media Statement - The Herald 2012-10-12 : Coastal Water Rescue spokesman John Fletcher said all emergency services - including the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) and municipal lifesavers were working and training together to ensure a fast response to any water emergency. Fletcher said that starting this weekend, his unit and other water related emergency services would be on high alert for the anticipated holiday season rush. “Our high alert period starts from this weekend but we are only expecting an increase in rescues from mid-November when the beaches start getting busy."