Strategic Response
Rescue Unit
0861 995 044

Hartbeespoort and Broederstroom, since 1998

Strategic
Response
Rescue
Unit

Armed response, guarding, K9 and rescue for homes, estates and businesses, from our own operation centre, open 24 hours a day.

When your alarm goes off.

Our operation centre is your first line of defence. Scroll to see what happens next.

  1. 1

    The signal reaches us

    Your alarm or panic button signals the SRU operation centre, which is staffed 24 hours a day.

  2. 2

    We confirm it

    The operator confirms the activation.

  3. 3

    A patrol car is sent

    A reaction officer responds in an SRU patrol car to investigate and deal with any threat.

  4. 4

    We secure your property

    They reset the alarm and secure the premises, and liaise with the SAPS if it's serious. Every event is logged.

One company for your security and your emergencies.

Our team comes from the SAPS, intelligence, the army, and medical and rescue services. That's why SRU can answer a break-in, a medical emergency or a call-out on the water.

  • An SRU patrol vehicle in the veld below the Magaliesberg

    Security

    The operation centre, the patrol cars and the guards: your first line of defence.

    • Tactical armed reaction
    • Guarding and access control
    • Alarms, CCTV and off-site monitoring
    • Security risk assessments
    All 5 security services
  • An SRU Hi-Risk Unit patch beside a rifle, lit in blue

    Specialist units

    Dogs, investigators, close protection, and people trained for high-risk work.

    • K9 unit
    • Stolen vehicle recovery
    • VIP and close protection
    • High-value asset protection
    All 7 specialist units services
  • An SRU rescue boat at speed on Hartbeespoort Dam

    Rescue and medical

    Ambulances, fire and technical rescue, the helicopter, and water rescue on the dam.

    • Medical response and ambulances
    • Helicopter response and rescue
    • Water rescue
    • Fire and technical rescue
    All 5 rescue and medical services
All 17 of our services

A panic button in your pocket.

The SRU panic app is free. It keeps our reaction with you inside and outside your estate. Try it on the phone: hold Panic for two seconds.

  1. 1Hold an emergency button down for two seconds.
  2. 2An operator calls you straight away to confirm your emergency.
  3. 3Once a responder is on the way, you see who's coming and live updates in the app.
Ask us for the app

Powered by AURA, on Android and iPhone. The phone here is a demo: nothing is sent.

Rescue on land, on the water and from the air.

SRU is the proud owner of LifeMed / SVTA Emergency Services: ambulances, hospital transfers, fire and technical rescue, and helicopter response. On Harties, our maritime search and rescue team answers call-outs on the dam.

  • On the road
  • On the water
  • From the air
Rescue and medical
An SRU K9 handler with his dog and an armed officer on the skids of a helicopter in flight

Strategic Response Rescue Unit

Registered security service provider

PSIRA Reg. No.

678810

Registered in terms of Section 21 of the Private Security Industry Act, 2001 (Act No. 56 of 2001). All our operatives are PSIRA registered and qualified.

Working alongside

  • South African Police Service
  • Community Police Forum
  • Tracker
  • Ministry for Safety and Security
  • National Intelligence Agency
  • LifeMed (SVTA EMS)

SRU has been recognised with awards from the Ministry for Safety and Security and from the SAPS, among others.

Need us now?

Our operation centre answers day and night.