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Mount Gambier CFS Group Operations

Information on this station was last updated on Saturday, December 9, 2023

Gambier Group Ops Base
Gambier Group Ops Base     -     Picture by CFS Promotions Unit

Comments On Station A Brigade to assist with communications and logistics in the Mount Gambier Group

Station Information
Region : Region 5
Group : Mount Gambier District Group

Contact Information
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Physical Location 152 Jubilee Highway East, Mount Gambier SA
CFS Map Book Map: LSE 6, 829121
GPS Latitude: -37.837948 Longitude: 140.806427
Phone Numbers In an EMERGENCY Triple Zero - 000
Station When Manned (08) 8725 1629
Postal Address PO Box 466, Mount Gambier SA 5290

How To Join
Training Occurs Sundays 9.00 a.m.
Advice to Recruits Please contact Administration Officer, Fiona Woolridge on (08) 8738 5201
Advice to Cadets

Vehicles & Appliances

Emergency Response Information
Response Types : Specialist Command - Major Incident Coordination
Specialist Comms - Major Incident Communications
 
Specialist Equipment :
 
Response Area Includes : Airport / Airstrip - Aircraft landing area
Agricultural Crops - Agricultural Crops
Plantation Forest - Commercial Plantations
Grasslands - Grasslands
Hills & Mountains - Hills & Mountains
Industrial Parks - Industrial and Commercial areas
Rural Areas - General Rural environments
Towns & Urban Areas - Towns & Urban Areas
 
Communications : GRN Radio Channel: 226 & 237
UHF CB Radio Channel: 9

Incidents Attended Statistics for 2022-23 - 152 Responses
Alarm Activation By Outside Tradesman/Occupier Activities - 765 2 1.32% 2 Hrs 0.11%
Alarm Activation Due To Aerosol Use (Hair Spray, Insecticides) - 767 1 0.66% 2 Hrs 0.11%
Alarm Activation Due To Poor Building Maint-Dust,Cobwebs,Insects - 766 4 2.63% 17 Hrs 0.90%
Alarm Sounded No Evidence Of Fire 2 1.32% 7 Hrs 0.37%
Alarm System Suspected Malfunction - 739 3 1.97% 10 Hrs 0.53%
Animal Rescue 1 0.66% 2 Hrs 0.11%
Assist Other Agencies 10 6.58% 53 Hrs 2.80%
Assist Police Or Other Gov. Agency 1 0.66% 7 Hrs 0.37%
Building Fire 1 0.66% 7 Hrs 0.37%
Building Fire - Content Only 1 0.66% 8 Hrs 0.42%
Building Fire - Structure & Content 11 7.24% 236 Hrs 12.47%
Building Fire - Structure Only 1 0.66% 13 Hrs 0.69%
Did Not Arrive (Stop Call) 2 1.32% 5 Hrs 0.26%
Extrication/Rescue(Not Vehicle) 1 0.66% 9 Hrs 0.48%
Fixed Alarm (Smoke Detector Malfunction) 3 1.97% 15 Hrs 0.79%
Fixed Alarm Fault 3 1.97% 10 Hrs 0.53%
Good Intent Call 3 1.97% 26 Hrs 1.37%
Grass Or Stubble Fire 12 7.89% 101 Hrs 5.34%
Hazardous Material 1 0.66% 1 Hrs 0.05%
Incinerator Fire 1 0.66% 7 Hrs 0.37%
Mobile Property / Vehicle 5 3.29% 16 Hrs 0.85%
Mobile Property Fire - Off Road Vehicles 2 1.32% 4 Hrs 0.21%
Mobile Property Fire - Passenger Vehicle 2 1.32% 15 Hrs 0.79%
Mutual Aid Given/Change Of Quarters 4 2.63% 736 Hrs 38.90%
Odour Or Gas Leak 1 0.66% 8 Hrs 0.42%
Other (Outside Fire) 9 5.92% 68 Hrs 3.59%
Other Assistance 1 0.66% 5 Hrs 0.26%
Private Alarm - False Alarm (Commercial) - 746 1 0.66% 2 Hrs 0.11%
Rubbish Fire 8 5.26% 48 Hrs 2.54%
Rubbish, Refuse Or Waste - Abandoned Outside 1 0.66% 5 Hrs 0.26%
Storage Yars/Timber Yards 1 0.66% 30 Hrs 1.59%
Thermal Detector Suspected Malfunction 1 0.66% 17 Hrs 0.90%
Tree Down 26 17.11% 108 Hrs 5.71%
Tree Fire 1 0.66% 2 Hrs 0.11%
Vehicle Accident / No Injury 5 3.29% 30 Hrs 1.59%
Vehicle Accident Rescue 3 1.97% 18 Hrs 0.95%
Vehicle Accident With Injuries 17 11.18% 242 Hrs 12.79%
Total Incidents for 2022-23 152 1,892 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2021-22 201 3073 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2020-21 171 1706 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2019-20 224 4608 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2018-19 161 2175 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2017-18 183 3088 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2016-17 181 2332 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2015-16 174 2513 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2014-15 212 3152 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2013-14 150 1145 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2012-13 193 1641 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2011-12 131 751 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2010-11 140 674 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2009-10 27 77 Hrs

Post Codes
In Response Area
5277 5291
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