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Caribbean search & rescue teams boost expertise in VI
ROAD REEF, Tortola, VI—A two-week search-and-rescue training programme was conducted in the Virgin Islands (VI) from January 13 to 24, 2025, bringing together rescue teams from the Virgin Islands Search and Rescue (VISAR) and maritime protection units from Anguilla, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Montserrat, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
No need for VI’S own helicopter- J. Phil Aspinall
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI— Mr J. Phil Aspinall of the Virgin Islands Search and Rescue (VISAR) has said there is no need for a rescue helicopter in the Virgin Islands (VI).
Female body found at sea, male still missing
Jost van Dyke, VI- The body of a female was discovered at sea off Jost van Dyke on Thursday night, September 5, 2024 by Marine Officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) and Virgin Islands Search and Rescue (VISAR).
Catamaran hits reef off Anegada; VISAR & US Coast Guards respond
VI CONSORTIUM
THE SETTLEMENT, Anegada, VI- In a swift and coordinated rescue operation, the Coast Guard and Virgin Islands Search and Rescue (VISAR) successfully saved three individuals from a distressed catamaran off Anegada in the [British] Virgin Islands on Thursday morning, March 7, 2024.
UPDATE: Man pulled from water @ JvD reportedly dies
GREAT HARBOUR, Jost van Dyke, VI- Information coming into Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) is that the man who was pulled from the water at Jost van Dyke this morning, January 15, 2023, has reportedly died.
VISAR’s ‘Winter Wonderland’ & Holiday Village relocated to Nanny Cay
NANNY CAY, VI- Virgin Islands Search and Rescue’s (VISAR) 4th Annual Fundraiser, VISAR’S Winter Wonderland and Holiday Village, will be held at Nanny Cay this year, moving out from Cyril B. Romney Tortola Pier Park, where it was held for the first 3 years.
Swim & SUP the Sound slated for Sunday, June 4, 2023
ROAD REEF Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands Search and Rescue (VISAR) annual fundraiser, Swim and SUP the Sound, is slated to take place in North Sound, Virgin Gorda on Sunday, June 4, 2023.
American rock band sponsors free skating @ VISAR’s Winter Wonderland today
WICKHAM'S CAY I, Tortola, VI- For persons who have not experienced skating at VISAR's Winter Wonderland at Cyril B. Romney Tortola Pier Park, today, December 30, 2022, is the final day to do so, and for free.
Tragedy averted after two men rescued from capsized boat
NORMAN ISLAND, VI – Tragedy was averted at around midnight, last evening, July 17, 2022, after survival skills took the best of two persons who happened to be traveling in a boat that turned turtle.
2 taken to hospital after boat ran ashore @ Peter Island
PETER ISLAND, VI- At least 2 persons were taken to hospital after a powerboat beached at Peter Island on May 7, 2022.
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