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OUR INFRASTRUCTURE

42

RESCUE BASES

OUR INFRASTRUCTURE

14

QUAD BIKES/ ATVS

102

RESCUE CRAFT

32

RESCUE VEHICLES

17

TRACTORS

NEW RESCUE BASES

Sea Rescue’s footprint is expanding by necessity. We have purchased a property at Jeffreys Bay for Station 37 and will start the design phase of a new rescue base in 2021/2022. We also purchased a property in Oyster Bay on which we intend to build a rescue base that will accommodate a future 8.8 m RIB, mobile, JetRIB and tractor, with crew ablutions, control room, training facility and fuel store.

The Station 21 boathouse in St Francis Bay is being redesigned to accommodate a larger rescue vessel in the future. We anticipate this project starting in the first quarter of 2021.

We have also put in an offer to purchase a property in Port Nolloth for a new rescue base and have signed a lease for the rental of a building to house the Station 41 Ballito rescue base.

RESCUE BASE BUILDING PROJECTS

COVID-19 has had a knock-on effect on all the building projects in process, extending the construction times by several months. The status of building projects are as follows:

PROJECT STATUS

Station 8 Hout Bay rescue base upgrade Planning is progressing well, with the hope of starting construction in 2021/2022 Station 10 Simon’s Town new rescue base Occupation was October 2020 Station 17 Hermanus rescue base project Building was handed over in May 2020 Station 19 Richards Bay slipway quay maintenance Was completed in February 2020 Station 24 Lambert’s Bay rescue base Was completed in November 2020 Station 40 St Lucia rescue base Was completed in November 2020 Station 27 Gauteng container rescue base Was installed on the grounds of the Water Sports Club in December 2020

RESCUE VESSELS

New JetRIB vessels were delivered to the following stations in 2020: „ Station 9 Gordon’s Bay „ Station 12 Knysna „ Station 14 Plettenberg Bay „ Station 23 Wilderness „ Station 39 Rocky Bay „ Station 42 Kleinmond „ Station 45 Strandfontein West Coast

We expect the ORC Donna Nicholas for Simon’s Town to be completed at the end of March 2021 and for her to be on the station by end of April 2021.

We expect the first completely South African built ORC 140 for Hermanus to be completed in July 2021 and on station in August after her sea trials. Please refer to our website, www. nsri.org.za for a list of our vessels.

PROJECTS PLACED ON HOLD IN 2020 DUE TO COVID-19

„ Station 41 Ballito property and rescue base „ Station 36 Oyster Bay rescue base upgrade „ Station 35 Witbank Dam boathouse „ 12 x Mitsubishi Triton 4x4 double cab vehicles for stations and Staff „ JetRIBs for Station 6 Gqeberha (Port

Elizabeth), Station 16 Strandfontien,

Station 21 St Francis Bay, Station 30

Agulhas and Station 37 Jeffreys Bay

“Our crews are relied upon to keep their bases in 100% running order, to be ready to respond to any call at any time. They are responsible for the maintenance and cleaning of bases, boats and all other rescue equipment they use – this takes up their time, over and above the huge demand for the training they are required to do. Furthermore, they are also carrying an enormous financial responsibility as overall, the buildings, boats and equipment they are responsible for are worth close to R50 million.”