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We have now passed mid-2020; here’s hoping the next six months return to a more relaxed pace! With the COVID 19 situation following on from the busy bushfire season it has been quite a year so far. At the time of writing, the CFS is returning to normal operations behind the scenes to better support all the work we do in the community. Training is now back to pre COVID 19 rules.

Station Visit

In June this year, we had a station visit by the State Emergency Services Minister Cory Wingard, our Local Member Steve Murray and Region 1 Commander Peter Phillips. The reason for the visit was for the Minister to make contact and express both his and the Government’s appreciation for the issues we have faced this year. The Minister mentioned that including deployments, we have been called out 99 times this year which is an enormous effort from our Brigade. The Minister was also impressed with how we have improved the Station and listened to our plans for the future. In particular we were pleased to show off the stations recently installed new kitchen, funded by our Region but designed and installed by our own members.

Pictured is Cory Wingard meeting with Brigade members in our training room at the station.

Pictured is Cory Wingard meeting with Brigade members in our training room at the station.

CFS 2020 yearbook

The CFS 2020 yearbook has just been released and it contained a wrap up of this very busy year, looking at the whole state. It came to pass that the 2019/2020 fire season predictions proved to be very accurate. Statistics for the last season overall were as follows –

  • 195 Total Fire Bans issued

  • 3 Catastrophic Fire Days

  • 1,930 CFS call outs

  • 2.6 million volunteer hours

  • 480,000 hectares burnt

  • 188 houses destroyed,

  • 890 homes and buildings impacted.

This gives a picture of the size and role of the CFS – 2.6 million volunteer hours is an amazing figure!

We train every Monday night for those who may be interested in what we do.

To report suspicious behaviour call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
For all other emergencies dial 000 and ask for “Adelaide, Fire” “South Australia”

See the CFS website for more information, and stay safe.

CFS NewsEmmanuelle HarringtonAugust 2020