Unconscious epileptic fisherman evacuated by NSRI St Francis Bay

St Francis Bay volunteer duty crew evacuated a chokka fisherman suffering seizures on a boat offshore of Oyster Bay on Friday last week, 16 October. Paul Hurley, NSRI St Francis Bay station commander, said at 8.30 pm the NSRI crew launched the sea rescue craft Spirit of St Francis II following a request for medical…

NSRI store robbed of medical and emergency supplies  

  NSRI’s Maitland store room was ransacked this afternoon, 16 October, by burglars who ransacked the premises after breaking through a double brick wall,  apparently with a sledgehammer, to gain entry. Despite manned 24 hour security and electric fencing, thieves managed to elude detection and escape with medical supplies, splints, spinal trauma boards, boxes of…