Dick Manten, NSRI Vaal Dam station commander, said; "At 17h10 on Friday 16 December, our NSRI Vaal Dam volunteer rescue duty crew were activated following reports of a female injured North of the Vaal Dam following an accident involving a tyre tube on which the female was riding while being pulled by a ski-boat. "It appears that the female had been injured while riding on … [Read more...] about Mizbehaving on the Vaal Dam
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Boy Scouts Rescued
Jake Manten, NSRI Vaal Dam duty coxswain, said; "At 16h28 on Saturday 3 December, NSRI Vaal Dam volunteer rescue duty crew were activated following reports of a canoe and a boat capsized about 1 kilometer from our NSRI rescue base at Deneysville. "It appears that three Boy Scouts (Emmerentia Victory View Boy Scouts), aged 17, 16 and 14, from Johannesburg, had embarked on … [Read more...] about Boy Scouts Rescued
Argentinian Family of 6 Rescued on the Vaal Dam
Dick Manten, NSRI Vaal Dam station commander, said; "At approximately 17h00 on Saturday 29 October our NSRI Vaal Dam volunteer duty rescue crew were activated following eye-witness reports of a small yacht (a Gypsy) capsized on Vaal Dam near Deneysville, opposite the VAALPRIVE guest resort, with 3 people onboard, a 2 year old male, a 7 year old female and their father. "A … [Read more...] about Argentinian Family of 6 Rescued on the Vaal Dam
Jet-ski crashes into wall
At sunset pn Saturday 15 October, NSRI Vaal Dam were activated following reports of a jet-ski crashed into a wall in front of the restaurant at Anchor Creek, 500 meters from the NSRI rescue base, and reports of two people injured. NSRI Vaal Dam launched their rescue craft HASSLES. Dirk Manten, NSRI Vaal Dam duty coxswain, said that on arrival on-scene a 22 year old female … [Read more...] about Jet-ski crashes into wall
Yacht Capsizes on Vaal Dam
At 14h01 on Saturday 15 October, the NSRI Vaal Dam volunteer duty crew were activated following eye-witness reports of a yacht capsized near Groot Eiland on the Vaal Dam, approximately 7 miles from the NSRI rescue base, with 2 people onboard. NSRI Vaal Dam launched their rescue craft HARVEY'S FIBREGLASS and SKINRAY. Jake Manten, NSRI Vaal Dam duty coxswain, said that on … [Read more...] about Yacht Capsizes on Vaal Dam
