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SA Country Fire Service Station

Mount Benson

Information on this station was last updated on Sunday, December 10, 2023
Mount Benson Station
Mount Benson Station     -     Picture by CFS Promotions Unit
Mount Benson 34
Mount Benson 34     -     Picture by Bill Corcoran
Comments On Station Refurbished 34 delivered May 2021
Station Information
Region : Region 5
Group : Robe Group
Contact Information
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Physical Location 2546 Southern Ports Highway, Mount Benson SA
CFS Map Book Map: LSE 20, 933994
GPS Latitude: -37.044729 Longitude: 139.800716
Phone Numbers In an EMERGENCY Triple Zero - 000
Postal Address tba, tba SA 5276
How To Join
Training Occurs As arranged
Advice to Recruits Please contact the Captain, Tom Goode
Advice to Cadets
Vehicles & Appliances
Mount Benson 34 4WD, 3000L General Purpose Appliance
Make and Model: Isuzu FTS800 Crew
Water Capacity: 3000 Litres
Foam Quantity: 20 Litres
Registration Number: XQN151
Equipment:
Emergency Response Information
Response Types : Natural Disasters - Storm Damage / Flooding
Fires - Other - Car, Rubbish and Other fires
Fires - Rural - Grass Fires, Bush Fires
 
Specialist Equipment : Firefighting Foam - 80 Litres
 
Response Area Includes : Agricultural Crops - Agricultural Crops
Plantation Forest - Commercial Plantations
Grasslands - Grasslands
Hills & Mountains - Hills & Mountains
Orchard / Viticulture - Fruit Orchards & Vineyards
Rural Areas - General Rural environments
 
Communications : GRN Radio Channel: 229 & 240
VHF Radio Channel: 2, 74, 35
UHF CB Radio Channel: 9
Incidents Attended Statistics for 2024-25 - 12 Responses
Forest Fire 2 16.67% 36 Hrs 18.46%
Good Intent Call 1 8.33% N/A
Grass Or Stubble Fire 3 25.00% 115 Hrs 58.97%
Investigation (Smoke) 1 8.33% 6 Hrs 3.08%
Scrub And Grass Fire 1 8.33% 22 Hrs 11.28%
Search 1 8.33% N/A
Tree Down 1 8.33% N/A
Tree Fire 2 16.67% 16 Hrs 8.21%
Total Incidents for 2024-25 12 195 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2023-24 1
Total Incidents for 2021-22 11
Total Incidents for 2020-21 3
Total Incidents for 2019-20 9 42 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2018-19 2
Total Incidents for 2017-18 11
Total Incidents for 2016-17 1
Total Incidents for 2015-16 3 46 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2014-15 11
Total Incidents for 2013-14 1
Total Incidents for 2012-13 8
Total Incidents for 2011-12 1 2 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2010-11 2 99 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2009-10 1
Total Incidents for 2008-09 1 5 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2007-08 1
Total Incidents for 2006-07 7 154 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2003-04 1 1 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2001-02 1 42 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2000-01 5
Total Incidents for 1998-99 3
Total Incidents for 1997-98 3
Post Codes
In Response Area		 5275
Towns, Suburbs & Localities In Response Area
Boatswain Point, SA
Mount Benson, SA
Wangolina, SA