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SA Country Fire Service Station

Wisanger

Information on this station was last updated on Saturday, October 11, 2025
Wisanger Station
Wisanger Station     -     Picture by SAFECOM
Wisanger 34
Wisanger 34     -     Picture by Dean Norman
Comments On Station Refurbished 34 delivered May 2024
Station Information
Region : Region 1
Group : Kangaroo Island Group
Established: 1971
Contact Information
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Physical Location 624 Gap Rd, Menzies SA
CFS Map Book Map: KI 76, 253513
GPS: Latitude, Longitude -35.656550, 137.488535
Phone Numbers In an EMERGENCY Triple Zero - 000
Station When Manned (08) 8553 9082
Postal Address PO Box 365, Kingscote SA 5223
How To Join
Training Occurs Sunday 9.30 am
Advice to Recruits Please contact the Captain, Jason Barrett
Advice to Cadets
Vehicles & Appliances
Wisanger 34 4WD, 3000L General Purpose Appliance
Make and Model: Isuzu FTS800 Crew
Water Capacity: 3000 Litres
Foam Quantity: 20 Litres
Registration Number: S507AQK
Equipment: Chainsaw: 1
Thermal Imaging Camera
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 : Defibrillator
Firefighting Foam
GPS
Thermal Imaging Camera
 
Response Area Includes : Grasslands - Grasslands
Rural Areas - General Rural environments
Bushland & Scrub - Bushland & Scrub
 
Communications : GRN Radio Channel: 130 & 131
VHF Radio Channel: 72, 73, 77
UHF CB Radio Channel: 9
Incidents Attended Statistics for 2025-26 - 24 Responses
Assist Other Agencies 1 4.17% 1 Hrs 0.00%
Did Not Arrive (Stop Call) 4 16.67% N/A
Grass Or Stubble Fire 3 12.50% 39 Hrs 0.11%
Rubbish Fire 1 4.17% 2 Hrs 0.01%
Scrub And Grass Fire 9 37.50% 35,509 Hrs 99.83%
Tree Down 2 8.33% 6 Hrs 0.02%
Vehicle Accident / No Injury 2 8.33% 10 Hrs 0.03%
Vehicle Accident With Injuries 1 4.17% 1 Hrs 0.00%
Water / Ice Related Rescue 1 4.17% N/A
Total Incidents for 2025-26 24 35,568 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2024-25 26 569 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2023-24 24 573 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2022-23 6
Total Incidents for 2021-22 22 841 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2020-21 24 690 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2019-20 141 3186 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2018-19 23 1859 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2017-18 8 48 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2016-17 7
Total Incidents for 2015-16 8
Total Incidents for 2014-15 6
Total Incidents for 2013-14 11 49 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2012-13 18 506 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2011-12 15 376 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2010-11 12 1321 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2009-10 15 196 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2008-09 7 214 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2007-08 10 3226 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2006-07 13 2570 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2005-06 9 760 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2004-05 9 296 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2003-04 11 120 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2002-03 8 111 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2001-02 3 3 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2000-01 10
Total Incidents for 1999-00 2
Total Incidents for 1998-99 12
Total Incidents for 1997-98 5
Post Codes
In Response Area		 5223
Towns, Suburbs & Localities In Response Area
Birchmore, SA
Cassini, SA
Cygnet River, SA
Emu Bay, SA
Kohinoor, SA
Menzies, SA
Wisanger, SA
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