Tag: emergency services

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...

Drink drivers to face court

Limestone Coast Police detected two drink drivers over the weekend. About 10.30pm on Friday, police stopped a car travelling on Sturt Street in Mount Gambier...

Callouts bog down emergency service

The emergency services have been alerted to four separate instances of bogged vehicles on beaches and coastal areas of the Lower South East within...

Vital communications boosted

Kingston District Council has recently delivered two innovative and collaborative projects through the Federal Government’s Black Summer Bushfire Grants program. The project, which comprises two...

Pandemic effort appreciation

The role of the people on the frontline who supported the community to get through COVID-19 pandemic was celebrated by a large gathering at...

Country fire brigades welcome new facilities

New sheds for the Country Fire Service brigades at Mount Burr and Coonawarra are to be officially opened on October 9. The ribbon-cutting ceremonies have...

Rider dies following on-property crash

Amotorcyclist has died following a crash on private property in the State’s South East. Emergency services responded to the Western Flat property at 2.50pm on...

Community protection continues

Essential fire and rescue services have been approved by council to continue protecting the Grant District community. Port MacDonnell, Blackfellows Caves and Donovans Country Fire...