Tag: mfs

Fire crews on alert

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Fire crews were kept busy over the weekend with several major blazes in the Limestone Coast.
The fires broke out at Nora Creina, Fox and...

Storms sweep Limestone Coast

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

Fire service push

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Mount Gambier-based Liberal MLC Ben Hood pushed the case in parliament last week for a 24 hour Metropolitan Fire Service (MFS) in the Blue...

Pine protection

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​More than 334,000 hectares of forest plantations in the Green Triangle will soon be better protected by water bombers from bushfire, with a new...

Fires engulf homes

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Two homes have been destroyed by fire in the last few days, devastating two local families.
Fire caused $130,000 damage to a home in Tarpeena...

Electrical fault blamed for devastating house fire

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Fire has caused an estimated $600,000 damage to a Mount Gambier home. Three MFS and three CFS crews were called to Altinio Dive just before...

House fire 
leaves hefty damage bill

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Fire has caused an estimated $200,000 damage to a home in Mount Gambier.
Four MFS crews and one CFS crew were called to the home...

Hospital havoc

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

Hospital flooding

Lechelle Earl -
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

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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...

SA ‘bushfire ready’

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The State Government and the state’s top emergency services leaders have met as the state prepares to face a hotter, drier bushfire season, with...

Fire chiefs visit ahead of summer

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The South Australian forest and timber industries welcomed state fire chiefs to Mount Gambier ahead of the 2023-24 bushfire season. South Australian Forest Products Association...

Doctors head to coast

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Doctors will again be consulting at Beachport after a break of almost eight months. Senior doctors from the Medical Clinic Millicent will be on duty...

Fire alarm raised

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Providing Mount Gambier with a Metropolitan Fire Service that operates 24/7 and with a working first response fire unit will be discussed at City...

City blaze claims life

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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...