The SA Red Cross Air Mercy Service (AMS) handed over an outboard motor

Rebecca Carter-Smith from Lifesaving SA Cameron Vannithing from Lifesaving South Africa and Grant Grove from the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI). The SA Red Cross Air Mercy Service (AMS) handed over an outboard motor to Lifesaving South Africa Cape Town which will be used on one of their Inflatable Rescue Boats (IRB). The motor will be shared amongst the 18 clubs that operate in the Cape Town area so that the optimum use of the boat and motor can be attained in Lifesaving South Africa’s efforts to control and reduce drowning incidents.

The AMS provides air-sea and air-mountain rescue services by helicopter with more than two decades of rescue experience working with Department of Health Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Wilderness Search and Rescue (WSAR) and its many affiliates including Surf-Life Saving South Africa and the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI).