OUR BASES, OUR ASSETS Sea Rescue currently has 41 bases (and growing) around South Africa’s 3 000km coastline and at five inland dams. It’s our business to save lives on South African waters and to do so, we equip our volunteer crew with the safest vessels and most up-to-date equipment.
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UR CREWS ARE ready 24/7 to respond to water-related emergencies. In order to perform their lifesaving work safely and optimally, each station’s base building, vessels, vehicles and equipment have to be kept in 100% running order. This responsibility rests with each station’s crew who, aside from undergoing in-depth training and performing rescues, also devote many hours to maintaining and cleaning their bases and assets. 38 |
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Each station is supported by our Operations Department at head office whose job it is to identify and investigate the need for new bases at strategic positions around the country. So our footprint expands as the necessity arises. Rescue services director Brett Ayres notes: ‘Over the years our statistics have shown that when we open new bases, the number of lives saved increases. This is the key driver for our strategy of opening new bases.’
