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SA Country Fire Service Station

Mount Benson

Information on this station was last updated on Sunday, December 10, 2023

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Mount Benson 34 - Picture by Alicia Tindall

Comments On Station

Refurbished 34 delivered May 2021

Station Information

Region :	Region 5
Group :	Robe Group

Contact Information

Google References
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 2021-22 - 11 Responses


	Grass Or Stubble Fire	8	72.73%	N/A
	Scrub And Grass Fire	1	9.09%	N/A
	Tree Down	2	18.18%	N/A
Total Incidents for 2021-22		11		0 Hrs
	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

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