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SA Country Fire Service Station

Pip-Kalka

Information on this station was last updated on Friday, August 16, 2024

Pip - Kalka 14 - Picture by Josh Jeffree

Station Information

Region :	Region 4
Established:	2014

Contact Information

Google References
Physical Location	RASAC Workshop House, Pipalyatjara Rd, Pipalyatjara SA
	GPS	Latitude: -26.162315	Longitude: 129.171301
Phone Numbers	In an EMERGENCY	Triple Zero - 000
Postal Address	PMB 223, Pipalyatjara via Alice Springs NT 0872

How To Join

Training Occurs	As arranged
Advice to Recruits	Please contact the Captain, Nugget Ngatai
Advice to Cadets

Vehicles & Appliances

Pip-Kalka 14

4WD, 1000L General Purpose Appliance
Make and Model: Mitsubishi Canter FG649
Water Capacity: 800 Litres
Foam Quantity: 20 Litres
Registration Number: XQB730

Equipment:

AED (Automated External Defibrillator)

Emergency Response Information

Response Types :	Natural Disasters - Storm Damage / Flooding Fires - Rural - Grass Fires, Bush Fires

Specialist Equipment :	Defibrillator Firefighting Foam

Response Area Includes :	Arid Regions - Semi-desert areas of inland Australia Grasslands - Grasslands Hills & Mountains - Hills & Mountains Rural Areas - General Rural environments

Communications :

Incidents Attended

Statistics for 2023-24 - 4 Responses


	Building Fire	1	25.00%	N/A
	Dump	1	25.00%	2 Hrs	0.23%
	Grass Or Stubble Fire	1	25.00%	876 Hrs	99.66%
	Mobile Property / Vehicle	1	25.00%	1 Hrs	0.11%
Total Incidents for 2023-24		4		879 Hrs
	Total Incidents for 2022-23	11		1584 Hrs
	Total Incidents for 2020-21	1		33 Hrs
	Total Incidents for 2019-20	10		1252 Hrs
	Total Incidents for 2018-19	34		955 Hrs
	Total Incidents for 2017-18	19		1709 Hrs
	Total Incidents for 2016-17	7		283 Hrs
	Total Incidents for 2015-16	1		4 Hrs

Post Codes
In Response Area

0872

Towns, Suburbs & Localities In Response Area

Kalka, SA
Pipalyatjara, SA