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SAVEM and the State Recovery NGO Community of Practice

SAVEM and the State Recovery NGO Community of Practice

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...

SAVEM and the California Veterinary Emergency Team (CVET)

SAVEM and the California Veterinary Emergency Team (CVET)

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...

SAVEM Exercise Respond 2026

SAVEM Exercise Respond 2026

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...