South AfricaNational Sea Rescue Institute is the #41,578 most-subscribed YouTube channel worldwide and #115 in South Africa, with 14K subscribers and 7.1M total views across 324 videos.
Biography
The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) is a voluntary non-profit organisation in South Africa tasked with saving lives through drowning prevention. It operates over 50 bases comprising coastal stations, inland stations on dams, auxiliary stations and lifeguard units. The organisation maintains crews on standby around the clock, with more than 1,500 volunteers supported by an operations department at its head office in Cape Town. These volunteers are equipped with sponsored rescue craft, rescue vehicles, quad bikes, and tractors. In addition, paid lifeguards are deployed on selected beaches across the country.
Channel description
National Sea Rescue Institute: The urgent need for a sea rescue organisation in South Africa was highlighted in 1966 when 17 fishermen drowned after three fishing boats sank in a terrible storm near Still Bay. Due to the lack of a rescue service there was no help for them other than from a fishing boat that managed to weather the storm and save a single crewman from the three boats that sank.
Following this incident, Miss Pattie Price (whose own life had been saved by the RNLI lifeboat in the British Channel) began a committed letter-writing campaign to motivate the formation of a sea rescue organisation. Captain Bob Deacon and Mr Ray Lant were the first volunteers to respond to this call. The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) was established in 1967 when it acquired its first rescue craft -- a 4.7m inflatable boat called Snoopy donated by the Society of Master Mariners.
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Frequently asked
- How many subscribers does NSRI have?
- 14K subscribers — #41,578 worldwide, #115 in South Africa.
- What is NSRI's real name?
- NSRI's real name is National Sea Rescue Institute.
- When did NSRI start on YouTube?
- The channel was created in Dec 2013.