SAVEM pre season operational update

SAVEM pre season operational update

Pre-season Operational Update follows SAVEM’s annual Exercise Respond in our training calendar.  The aim of Ops Update is to review, reinforce and upgrade SAVEM personnel’s existing knowledge and skills. Objectives are to develop knowledge of SAVEM...
SAVEM team visits MCC at Aldom

SAVEM team visits MCC at Aldom

SAVEM Command arranged a visit for ten volunteers to see the SAVEM Mobile Care Centre at Aldom Transport & Engineering at Wingfield. The team were shown over the vehicle and some its special features were demonstrated. Enthusiasm to train on the truck is high. The...
SAVEM Mobile Care Centre update

SAVEM Mobile Care Centre update

SAVEM’s Disaster Ready Fund Round One project, SAVEM Mobile Care Centre (MCC), is progressing well. There will be a launch later this year or early next, and while that won’t be the end of the project, it will mean we can actively get out and about showcasing...
Exercise Respond 2025

Exercise Respond 2025

SAVEM’s annual Exercise Respond on 19 October 2025 was an enjoyable day. The training team wrote a completely new set of ten scenarios with emphasis on information management, navigation and problem solving. A typical response day was simulated with the Commander...
SAVEM thanked at Emergency Services event 14 September 2025

SAVEM thanked at Emergency Services event 14 September 2025

A windy but thoroughly enjoyable, and important, afternoon brought a number of Emergency Services groups and personnel together for a “Thankyou” service at Coromandel Valley Community Centre. The event was hosted by the Mitcham Hills Inter-Church Council,...
Biodiversity in a PPRR context

Biodiversity in a PPRR context

The perception of SAVEM’s activities are inevitably set by our Response activities, but the scope of our work is across all phases of Emergency Management (Prevention Preparedness Response Recovery) and extends to include the One Health concept. One Health...