disater response

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.

urban search and rescue

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.

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INSARAG

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.

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RESCUE SA Almost 2000 cars/hr now through Tugela Plaza where Rescue South Africa are on standby for the long weekend resQSA http://t.co/JcX5lVNZ
Tuesday, 01 May 2012 07:09
RESCUE SA 2 days, 7 incidents, 8 entrapments, 12 fatalities = Rescue South Africa's long weekend rescue squad, Van Reenens resQSA
Friday, 27 April 2012 19:11
RESCUE SA resQSA just finished vehicle cut-outs on scene of h/on collision outside harrismith 7 fatalities
Friday, 27 April 2012 14:19