Jan 29, 2021 | Fire Update
Today is Day 5 of the Cherry Gardens fire Activation, and – as expected – tasks are increasing. This is because wildlife affected by the fire often seek refuge in pockets of unburned vegetation for a period of days, and begin to emerge as they seek food...
Jan 26, 2021 | Fire Update
SAVEM was officially Activated to fireground today. Our Reconnaissance team liaised with CFS Incident Control at Mt Barker, collecting radios and current maps. Accessible area of the fireground were surveyed. Animals were assessed and a few removed for monitoring and...
Jan 25, 2021 | Fire Update
SAVEM is likely to be Activated into fireground tomorrow afternoon if the Control Agency (CFS) are satisfied conditions are safe. Rain today (over 20 mms in many parts) has made the fireground very slippery and some firefighting operations have had to be curtailed....
Jan 24, 2021 | Fire Update
SAVEM is on Standby for the Cherry Gardens fire as of this evening 24 January. The Coordinator will attend a briefing with the CFS on Monday morning. PIRSA will also be in attendance. The Cherry Gardens fire is in a very wildlife-dense area and wildlife losses and...
Jan 13, 2021 | Fire Update
The SAVEM Coordinator has been in communication with PIRSA Agriculture and Animal Services Functional Support Group – with the manager of Emergency Management and with the Operations manager for the Blackford fire incident. PIRSA has reported that: At this stage...
Jan 3, 2020 | Fire Update, News
Wednesday’s team of 4 and Thursday’s of 3 had good productive days. As are most of the tasks now, these were for kangaroos and koalas and some possums. And as is often the case, we’ve been to some properties several times – where green spaces...
