Notices
On Wednesday 10 August 2022 the CWR squad was activated at 21:22 following a report from the Water Emergency Rescue Committee of a drowning in progress at Smelly Creek.
On arrival it was established that a single male had gone down the dolosse into the water, got into trouble and subsequently submerged.
Dangerous conditions with surging waves next to the dolosse prevented any swimmers from being deployed for safety reasons. NSRI Station 6 responded with two craft which did a sea search, while all the responding services did a shore search from the top of the dolosse.
The search was called off after an extensive search and the scene handed over the SAPS.
Services on Scene: Coastal Water Rescue, BWBLSC, Beach Office, NMBMM Fire, SAPS Sector Vehicle, SAPS Divers, NSRI Station 6.
On Sunday 24 Apr 2022 the squad was activated at 07:19 following a request for assistance with a suicidal person threatening jump off the harbour wall at Coega Harbour.
On arrival the individual had moved from the harbour wall to a tower of about 15m and was threatening to jump. Attemps by the SAPS members on scene to get him down from the tower failed, and when they tried to get onto the tower the individual proceeded to jump across into the jjjwater.
It was decided to not deploy swimmers immediately as he was fully conscious and swimming, but it was noticed that he was struggling to stay afljjjjoat, the CWR members threw down a torpedo buoy to him, and and a 30m throw rope. He was holding onto the torpedo buoy and rope whilst the SAPS divers on scene started pulling him back towards land, the CWR swimmers entered the water from the other side to assist and brought him back to shore where he was handed over to EMS and the SAPS.
On 16 Apr 2022 the CWR squad was activated at 06:58 following reports that a boat had capsized in the Swartkops River Mouth.
The BWBLSC launched their rescue duck with two members and found the skipper was in the surf on the southern side of the river mouth, and assisted him to shore.
NSRI launched from the harbour to assist with the search, and brought the casualty back the the scene on the northern side of the river where CWR members assisted to warm him up, after which he was handed to Gardmed for further treatment.
On 03 Mar 2022 at 09:03 the CWR squad was activated after reports of a suicidal person threatening to jump off the pier. En route to the scene further information was received that the lifeguards is managing the situation and the squad was stood down.
On Sunday 27 Feb 2022 at 21:50 the CWR squad was activated to assist with a motor vehicle accident where the vehicle left the road and landed in the ocean at Brighton Beach.
On arrival, it was found that the vehicle was still in the water, and CWR squad members assisted to ensure there were no entrapments. The vehicle was empty at that time and the squad was stood down.
On 27 Feb 2022 at 18:35 the CWR squad was activated after reports of a drowning in progress, information was received that two people had jumped off the pier and were in the water.
On arrival, it was found that a bystander noticed the commotion, and happened to be a veteran lifeguard. He immediately sprang into action and swam out to the one casualty which at the time was about 100m from the beach in very choppy conditions. He retrieved him while starting CPR in the water. Once back on the beach did he continue with the CPR and asked bystanders to call for help.
When the first CWR members arrived they immediately went to the scene and assisted in rotation with the CPR while the medics attended to the casualty, who was unfortunately declared deceased on the scene.
Services on Scene: Coastal Water Rescue, SAPS, EMS, Beach Office
The CWR squad was activated at 18:12 on Tuesday 1 Feb 2022 following reports of a drowning in progress at Hobie Beach, after swimmers jumped from the pier and were in trouble.
It was established the two friends had jumped from the pier, the one managed to get out of the water, but the other was in trouble in the water, and he was retrieved by a bystander.
When the CWR squad members arrived CPR was already in progress, and a stand down was issued to the squad.
The CWR squad was activated at 11:19 on Saturday 22 Jan for drowning in progress on a farm in the Rocklands area. At the time of the activation, the exact location was not known, and the instructions were issued to move towards Rocklands and wait for the location.
En route to the general area further information was received that the SAPS recovered the casualty and that EMS was in attendance, and the squad was issued a stand-down notice.
