Team RSA was privileged to have had the opportunity to honour Madiba through their recent establishment of a temporary medical centre in the remote area of Abuyog in the Philippines bearing his name.
Rest in peace Madiba.....
Rescue South Africa (RSA) is an official South African Disaster Response Team made up of volunteer emergency response specialists from the South African public and private sector emergency and ancillary services.
Our multi-disciplinary taskforces include specialist rescuers, trauma doctors, paramedics, K9 search dog units, civil engineers, chemical and safety specialists.
We are also formally recognised in terms of the South African Disaster Management Act, 2002, and are the official Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Taskforce to Gauteng Provincial Local Government.
Rescue South Africa is an NGO established in 2000 whose goal is to develop the Urban Search and Rescue Capacity within South Africa and the SADEC region.
Rescue South Africa carries representation from a broad cross section of the disaster and emergency services fraternity throughout all provinces including governmental, non-governmental and private entities.
We have responded to numerous sudden onset disasters including earthquakes, floods, volcanic eruptions, aeroplane crashes, structural and trench collapses. We have also provided logistical and management support to large scale incidents including the Xenophobia camps in 2008.
Rescue South Africa forms part of the United Nations International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG) operated under the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid (OCHA) and hosted the INSARAG World Team Leaders' Meeting in South Africa in 2002.
Account: Specialised Rescue South Africa 
Bank: Standard Bank
Branch: Jan Smuts
Branch Code: 004-205
Account Number: 00 247 871 4
