Feb 14, 2021 | Fire Update
SAVEM is maintaining a daily presence on fireground. Our field team is supported by the SAVEM IMT at our Command centre. As expected in a wildlife response, animals come out into the open in small groups, singly or in pairs seeking food and water. As this fireground...
Feb 7, 2021 | Fire Update
The Cherry Gardens fire was declared Controlled on Thursday 3 February (Day 11), and Safe on Saturday 6 February. SAVEM has stood down for Friday, Saturday and Sunday due to wet weather. 52 mm of rain has fallen at Cherry Gardens, and a similar amount on fireground...
Feb 4, 2021 | Fire Update
Today the field team continued surveillance of the Cherry Gardens fireground until the weather change arrived and rain began. This curtailed operations, but until then we assessed animals along the top of the fireground – on some private properties as well as SA...
Feb 3, 2021 | Fire Update, News
SAVEM is an accredited Tier 2 Emergency Service. We are structured as an independent 100% volunteer not-for-profit organisation. Therefore, SAVEM has no “owners” or affiliated organisations. Participants with SAVEM are only deployed once they have...
Feb 3, 2021 | Fire Update
The SAVEM response continues at the Cherry Gardens fire. This fire remains at Contained status, with CFS units managing hot spots and patrolling the fireground. We are liaising and collaborating with SA Water and DEW, responding to calls for assistance from affected...
Jan 31, 2021 | Fire Update
Thanks to SAVEM veterinary nurse Belinda for passing on this photo from the Scott Creek Community Planning for Recovery noticeboard – and thanks to Scott Creek CPR for including SAVEM in the list of responders. It really does buoy our spirits to see your kind...
