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SA Country Fire Service Station Wattle Range Group Information on this station was last updated on Saturday, March 11, 2023 Wattle Range Group base     -     Picture by CFS Promotions Unit Wattle Range BW12     -     Picture by Bill Corcoran Wattle Range BW13     -     Picture by Beth Warwick Wattle Range Car 1     -     Picture by CFS Promotions Unit Wattle Range Car 2     -     Picture by Bill Corcoran Wattle Range Logistics     -     Picture by Emergency Services Adelaide Wattle Range Logistics 2     -     Picture by Emergency Services Adelaide Comments On Station Refurbished BW12 delivered Aug 2022 Group Members This station is actually a Group Headquarters, with the following stations belonging to the Group:     Argyle     Beachport Town     Comaum     Coonawarra     Furner     Glencoe     Kalangadoo     Maaoupe     Millicent     Monbulla     Mount Burr     Mount Graham     Mount McIntyre     Nangwarry     OneFortyOne Plantations     Penola     Rendelsham     Southend     Tantanoola     Thornlea     Wattle Range Group     Wattle Range Group Operations Information on this page is about the Group Headquarters and not about all stations belonging to the group. Station Information Region : Region 5 Established: 1997 Contact Information Google References Physical Location 21 George St, Millicent SA CFS Map Book Map: LSE 9, 433392 GPS Latitude: -37.593989 Longitude: 140.352503 Phone Numbers In an EMERGENCY Triple Zero - 000 Station When Manned (08) 8733 2975 Fax (08) 8733 3092 Postal Address PO Box 345, Millicent SA 5280 E-mail Wattle Range Group - safecomwattleran@internode.on.net How To Join Training Occurs Advice to Recruits Advice to Cadets Vehicles & Appliances Wattle Range BW12 Large Volume Water Tanker Make and Model: Isuzu FVZ1400 Comments: Based at Coonawarra Station Water Capacity: 12200 Litres Registration Number: XQN148 Equipment: Floating Collar Dam: 1 Wattle Range BW13 Large Volume Water Tanker Make and Model: Isuzu FVZ1400 Water Capacity: 12200 Litres Registration Number: XQN124 Equipment: Wattle Range Car 1 Command Vehicle Make and Model: Mitsubishi Pajero Registration Number: XQO346 Equipment: GPS Wattle Range Car 2 Command Vehicle Make and Model: Mitsubishi Pajero Registration Number: XQO330 Equipment: Wattle Range Logistics Logistics Support Vehicle Make and Model: Isuzu D-Max Registration Number: S349AQN Equipment: Wattle Range Logistics 2 Logistics Support Vehicle Make and Model: Isuzu D-Max Registration Number: S301AQN Equipment: Emergency Response Information Response Types : Specialist Administration - Administration Centre Airport / Airstrip - Aviation Airports and Airstrips Specialist Command - Major Incident Coordination Specialist Comms - Major Incident Communications Hazmat - Chemical Spill Decontamination Natural Disasters - Storm Damage / Flooding Fires - Other - Car, Rubbish and Other fires Road Crash Rescue - Road Crash Rescue Fires - Rural - Grass Fires, Bush Fires Fires - Structure - House / Factory / Shed Fires   Specialist Equipment : Breathing Apparatus - 26 sets BA Compressor - 1 unit(s) Chainsaw - 14 saw(s) Defibrillator - 3 unit(s) Firefighting Foam - 600 Litres Portable Generator - 2 unit(s) GPS - 8 unit(s) Hazmat Equipment - 2 set Portable flood lighting - 2 set(s) Floating Collar Dam - 1 dam(s) Quick Fill Pump - 7 unit(s) Road Crash Rescue   Response Area Includes : Airport / Airstrip - Aircraft landing area Agricultural Crops - Agricultural Crops Plantation Forest - Commercial Plantations Grasslands - Grasslands Hospital / Nursing Home - Hospitals and Aged Care facilities Industrial Parks - Industrial and Commercial areas Orchard / Viticulture - Fruit Orchards & Vineyards National Parks - National Park areas Rural Areas - General Rural environments Bushland & Scrub - Bushland & Scrub Towns & Urban Areas - Towns & Urban Areas   Communications : GRN Radio Channel: 231 VHF Radio Channel: 36, 35, 23 Incidents Attended Statistics for 2021-2022 - 223 Responses Accidental Operation Of Alarm, Human Activity Simulated Cond. - 762 1 0.45% N/A Alarm Operates Due To Power Surge/Spike Or Short Circuit - 707 3 1.35% 2 Hrs 0.33% Alarm Sounded No Evidence Of Fire 11 4.93% 5 Hrs 0.81% Alarm System Suspected Malfunction - 739 7 3.14% 21 Hrs 3.41% Assist Other Agencies 17 7.62% 10 Hrs 1.63% Assist Police Or Other Gov. Agency 2 0.90% N/A Building Fire 2 0.90% 1 Hrs 0.16% Building Fire - Structure & Content 9 4.04% 50 Hrs 8.13% Building Weakend Or Collapsed 1 0.45% N/A Ems - Exluding Vehicle Accident 2 0.90% 1 Hrs 0.16% Fip Activated - Atu Not Activated Management Rang/Bell Ringing - 772 1 0.45% N/A Good Intent Call 6 2.69% 81 Hrs 13.17% Grain / Crop Fire 1 0.45% N/A Grass Or Stubble Fire 64 28.70% 258 Hrs 41.95% Hazardous Material 3 1.35% 32 Hrs 5.20% High Angle/Vertical Rescue 1 0.45% N/A Mobile Property / Vehicle 8 3.59% 4 Hrs 0.65% Mobile Property Fire - Off Road Vehicles 1 0.45% N/A Mobile Property Fire - Passenger Vehicle 1 0.45% N/A Mobile Property Fire - Road Transport Vehicle 1 0.45% 1 Hrs 0.16% Other (Outside Fire) 2 0.90% 1 Hrs 0.16% Other Assistance 1 0.45% 1 Hrs 0.16% Private Alarm - False Alarm (Commercial) - 746 4 1.79% 1 Hrs 0.16% Private Alarm - Smoke Detector Malfunction 1 0.45% 4 Hrs 0.65% Rubbish Bin 1 0.45% N/A Rubbish Fire 4 1.79% 2 Hrs 0.33% Rubbish, Refuse Or Waste - Abandoned Outside 2 0.90% 1 Hrs 0.16% Scrub And Grass Fire 2 0.90% 44 Hrs 7.15% Search 1 0.45% 1 Hrs 0.16% Smoke Detector Operated, No Fire - Ext Smke, Bushfires, Burnouts - 751 1 0.45% 5 Hrs 0.81% Tree Down 29 13.00% 22 Hrs 3.58% Tree Fire 2 0.90% 1 Hrs 0.16% Tree Fire 2 0.90% 5 Hrs 0.81% Trench Rescue 1 0.45% N/A Vehicle Accident / No Injury 9 4.04% 10 Hrs 1.63% Vehicle Accident Rescue 15 6.73% 38 Hrs 6.18% Vehicle Accident With Injuries 4 1.79% 13 Hrs 2.11% Total Incidents for 2021-2022 223 615 Hrs Total Incidents for 2020-2021 142 182 Hrs Total Incidents for 2019-20 96 12791 Hrs Total Incidents for 2018-19 59 190 Hrs Total Incidents for 2017-18 77 183 Hrs Total Incidents for 2016-17 87 169 Hrs Total Incidents for 2015-16 135 377 Hrs Total Incidents for 2014-15 85 255 Hrs Total Incidents for 2013-14 75 206 Hrs Total Incidents for 2012-13 94 264 Hrs Total Incidents for 2011-12 106 339 Hrs Total Incidents for 2010-11 35 84 Hrs Total Incidents for 2009-10 22 147 Hrs Total Incidents for 2008-09 8 37 Hrs Total Incidents for 2007-08 131 474 Hrs Total Incidents for 2006-07 198 1413 Hrs Total Incidents for 2005-06 159 775 Hrs Total Incidents for 2004-05 175 715 Hrs Total Incidents for 2003-04 182 820 Hrs Total Incidents for 2002-03 181 929 Hrs Total Incidents for 2001-02 154 571 Hrs Total Incidents for 2000-01 182 Total Incidents for 1999-00 183 Total Incidents for 1998-99 177 Total Incidents for 1997-98 126 Post Codes In Response Area 5263 5272 5277 5278 5279 5280 5291 Towns, Suburbs & Localities In Response Area Beachport, SA Burrungule, SA Canunda, SA Clay Wells, SA Coles, Comaum, SA Coonawarra, SA Furner, SA Glencoe, SA Glencoe West, SA Glenroy, SA Hatherleigh, SA Kalangadoo, SA Koorine, SA Maaoupe, SA Magarey, SA Millicent, SA Moerlong, SA Monbulla, Mount Burr, SA Mount McIntyre, SA Nangwarry, SA Penola, SA Rendelsham, SA Rocky Camp, SA Sebastopol, SA Short, SA Southend, SA Tantanoola, SA Thornlea, SA Trihi, SA Wattle Range, SA Wattle Range East, SA Wepar, SA Update Station Details