On the weekend of 24 and 25 September 2022, SAVEM took part in the inaugural Hills Small Acreage Field Day at Echunga in the Adelaide Hills. We were invited to attend by the organiser of the event, Stirling Rotary Club, who were generous in their support of SAVEM by...
This year SAVEM presented a new program for Radio Comms training, changing the format to a single six-hour session rather than two three-hour sessions. Trainees were expertly instructed by Mark Thomason – Mark has many years experience as a Level 3 Incident Controller...
SAVEM vehicle orientation training is a new training day added by the training team in 2022 to help volunteers build their familiarity with the SAVEM fleet in peacetime, rather than at the time of activation. Small groups rotated through four “stations”,...
SAVEM volunteer veterinarians and vet nurses attended Parts 1 and 2 of the Wildlife Emergency Response Skills training program given by wildlife master vet, Dr Ian Hough, at Cleland Wildlife Park in the Adelaide Hills. Ian’s expertise and decades pf experience,...
The arrival of winter brings a welcome end to bushfire season. SAVEM trains to all hazards, but bushfire is the most common emergency event requiring a SAVEM activation. However, peacetime is no time to relax – the SAVEM Training Team works hard to bring...
The Coles fire near Lucindale in the South East began on 19 January 2022, and burnt 6000 hectares of plantation timber and a small amount of adjacent farmland. Initially there were no reports of animal injuries, but as usual, animals began to emerge from their refuges...
