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 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.
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.Read more about us...
