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SA Country Fire Service Station

Wards Hill

Information on this station was last updated on Sunday, June 8, 2025
Wards Hill Station
Wards Hill Station     -     Picture by CFS Promotions Unit
Wards Hill 44
Wards Hill 44     -     Picture by Region 4 HQ
Station Information
Region : Region 4
Group : Spencer Group
Established: 1963
Contact Information
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Physical Location 6870 Spencer Highway, Ward Hill SA
CFS Map Book Map: YPMN 295, 692702
GPS Latitude: -33.672976 Longitude: 137.904727
Phone Numbers In an EMERGENCY Triple Zero - 000
Postal Address PO Box 133, Port Broughton SA 5522
How To Join
Training Occurs As arranged
Advice to Recruits Please contact the Captain, Peter Hewett
Advice to Cadets
Vehicles & Appliances
Wards Hill 44 4WD, 4000L General Purpose Appliance
Make and Model: Isuzu FTS 139-240
Water Capacity: 4000 Litres
Foam Quantity: 40 Litres
Registration Number: S669AQX
Equipment: Chainsaw: 1
AED (Automated External Defibrillator)
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 : Chainsaw
Defibrillator
Firefighting Foam
GPS - 1 unit(s)
 
Response Area Includes : Agricultural Crops - Agricultural Crops
Grasslands - Grasslands
Hills & Mountains - Hills & Mountains
National Parks - National Park areas
Rural Areas - General Rural environments
Towns & Urban Areas - Towns & Urban Areas
 
Communications : GRN Radio Channel: 074 & 059
VHF Radio Channel: 72, 82, 78
UHF CB Radio Channel: 9
Incidents Attended Statistics for 2024-25 - 9 Responses
Did Not Arrive (Stop Call) 3 33.33% 7 Hrs 3.93%
Grass Or Stubble Fire 2 22.22% 54 Hrs 30.34%
Other (Outside Fire) 1 11.11% 5 Hrs 2.81%
Scrub And Grass Fire 1 11.11% 64 Hrs 35.96%
Search 1 11.11% 48 Hrs 26.97%
Tree Fire 1 11.11% N/A
Total Incidents for 2024-25 9 178 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2023-24 12 123 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2022-23 10 283 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2021-22 4 14 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2020-21 8 238 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2019-20 9 156 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2018-19 9 71 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2017-18 7 114 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2016-17 12 47 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2015-16 21 164 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2014-15 10 131 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2013-14 16 665 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2012-13 23 741 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2011-12 18 284 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2010-11 10 44 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2009-10 5 135 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2008-09 8 185 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2007-08 3 29 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2006-07 2 11 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2005-06 4 128 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2004-05 5 156 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2003-04 1 13 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2002-03 6 76 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2001-02 4 120 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2000-01 7
Total Incidents for 1999-00 7
Total Incidents for 1998-99 8
Total Incidents for 1997-98 2
Post Codes
In Response Area		 5520 5522 5555
Towns, Suburbs & Localities In Response Area
Lake View, SA
Tickera, SA
Ward Hill, SA
Wokurna, SA