Tag: emergency services

Storms sweep Limestone Coast

The Limestone Coast was battered by a series of storm fronts rolling across the region earlier this week, sparking more than 130 fires and...

Crews called to hay blaze at Maaoupe

Emergency services crews were called to a hay stack fire near Maaoupe yesterday.
Four fire trucks were supported by farm fire units, water tankers and...

Wild weather lashes region

The Limestone Coast was buffeted by damaging winds over the weekend, with strong gusts bringing down trees and power lines across the region.
In response...

Air emergency response tested

The Mount Gambier Regional Airport recently conducted a practical emergency exercise utilising an unserviceable Jetstream 100 fuselage.
The exercise was designed to test the response...

Wild weather wreaks havoc

The Limestone Coast was battered by wintry weather on the weekend, with emergency services volunteers kept busy responding to calls for help.
 Strong wind and...

Rollover probe

Police are investigating the circumstances of a vehicle rollover at Tantanoola on Thursday night which trapped its injured driver.
At about 8.07pm, emergency services received...

Workplace death investigated

An investigation is under way into the workplace death of a young man in Mount Gambier.
Emergency services were called to the engineering company’s premises...

Hospital flooding

The Mount Gambier hospital has received significant water damage after a fire sprinkler system malfunctioned on site. Two MFS appliances were called to the hospital...

Emergency service crews kept on alert

Emergency services have been kept busy in recent days, attending a range of incidents.
Just before 10am on Sunday, CFS crews were alerted to a...

Emergency services hone response skills

Invaluable lessons were learnt when three branches of the emergency services jointly staged a training exercise at Millicent. The Country Fire Service, SA Ambulance Service...

Storms wreak havoc

Two homes were damaged during fierce storms that lashed the Limestone Coast on the weekend. Around 1am on Friday, SES crews responded to a request...

City blaze claims life

Aman has died in a house fire in Mount Gambier on Sunday morning. Emergency services were called to a home in McIntosh Street just before...

Crashes cause Dukes Highway closure

The Dukes Highway was closed for several hours on Saturday after two crashes in the one locations. About 2.30am police and emergency services were called...

Disaster impact study in spotlight

The longest follow-up study in the world to investigate the impacts of disasters and trauma on children is taking place in South Australia on...

Truck blocks highway on busy night for CFS

It took contractors and emergency services personnel more than three hours to clear the Princes Highway at Tantanoola on Saturday morning after a large...