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...
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,...
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...
SAVEM continues winter training across a diverse range of interest areas to suit our participant range and organisational needs. Posts from 1 January 2024 and 28 August 2024 explain the critical need to maintain capability and competency to be effective in deployment....
In September 2024, we reported the SAVEM Emergency Management Mobile Care Centre (MCC) project was moving from “on paper” towards commencement of the build. On 2nd June 2025 the Coordinator and Logistics officer visited our coachbuilders, ALDOM, to view...
During February and March, 2025, the Wilmington (Mt. Remarkable, Flinders Ranges) and Fox (near Lucindale in the South East) fires were of concern to SAVEM. The SAVEM Coordinator contacted a senior DEW officer in Port Augusta regarding the Wilmington fire to offer...
