On Friday 23 October, the SAVEM Coordinator attended the Disaster Recovery NGO Community of Practice meeting, held by the Security, Emergency and Recovery Management (SERM) team within the Department of Premier and Cabinet. Approximately three dozen groups heard from...
In mid October 2026, the SAVEM Coordinator gave a presentation to the California Veterinary Emergency Team (CVET) about veterinary emergency management in South Australia. The CVET team is based at the University of California (Davis) – see...
The day began in sunshine for Exercise Respond 2026. This year we used a hypothetical bushfire scenario in the Wildland Urban Interface (the WUI) of the Adelaide Hills face. Many Adelaide suburbs are nestled in foothills bushland – an idyllic setting, but potentially...
SAVEM has been busy training during peacetime, 2026. In July and August we offered SAVEM veterinarians and veterinary nurses the opportunity to learn from master wildlife veterinarian, Dr Ian Hough. We ran four one-hour webinars covering Decision Making; Burns, Drugs...
WATCH THE SAVEM COORDINATOR’S PRESENTATION HERE – WARNING – This presentation contains images of deceased animals and injured animals. In June 2026, RSPCA NSW hosted the second Animals in Emergencies conference at their Sydney Education Centre. The...
The H5 strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has arrived in Australia, confirmed is several cases of wild migratory birds. Until June 2026, Australia was free of this disease. Fortunately there are plenty of resources to learn about HPAI H5 strain. All...
