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On 4 August 1991 the MTS Oceanos, a Greek-owned cruise ship, sank off the coast of South Africa 10 km (6.2 mi) South of Coffee Bay. A 7 Medical Battalion Group medical doctor was attached to the rescue effort; all 571 passengers and crew on board were flown by South African Air Force helicopters to shore.
The first South African Special Forces unit, 1 Reconnaissance Commando, was established in the town of Oudtshoorn, Cape Province on 1 October 1972. On 1 January 1975, this unit was relocated to Durban, Natal, [8] where it continued its activities as the airborne specialist unit of the special forces.
The NIU provides operational support for the Special Task Force with control and protect criminals while carrying out legal procedures, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, crowd control, hostage rescue, operating in difficult to access terrain, providing security in areas at risk of attack or terrorism, search and arrest high-risk criminals ...
Six members of the search and rescue team used a one-wheel cart to carry the injured hiker from deep in the Eagle Cap Wilderness to safety. The situation ...
A community rescue effort to help illegal miners trapped in a mine shaft in South Africa emerged after police said they wouldn't help.
115 South Africa. 116 South Ossetia. 117 Spain. 118 Sri Lanka. ... Search and Rescue Technicians ... Marine Corps 2nd Brigade Amphibious Reconnaissance Special Team ...
Rescue teams in South Africa forged ahead Monday with efforts to find any survivors still trapped under rubble a week after an apartment building that was under construction collapsed. Authorities ...
The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) is a voluntary non-profit organisation in South Africa tasked with saving lives through drowning prevention. It operates 49 bases (as of November 2023) comprising coastal stations, inland stations on dams, auxiliary stations and lifeguard units.