Tag: Country Fire Service
Fire crew calls for help after busy season start
RESOURCES are stretched to the limit for the Penola Country Fire Service (CFS) following a busy start to the fire danger season.
With the fire...
Wattle Range fire risk focus
MOUNT Gambier City Council has yet to decide if it will grant a seat at the table to Wattle Range Council at private discussions...
Penola volunteers on hand to support mental health
PENOLA Country Fire Service (CFS) volunteers Ray and Cathy Paine are among those taking calls from firefighters across the country to support their mental...
Keilira property owners prepare to rebuild as fire ‘wipes out’ feed paddock and storage...
TWO weeks on from the devastating Keilira fire, primary producer Fiona Rasheed said there was a long road ahead before things got back to...
Regional fire units respond to blaze at Monbulla
THE cause of a fire which burnt 170 hectares near Mount Burr Road at Monbulla has yet to be determined, emergency personnel say.
Around 13...
Country Fire Service volunteer urges residents to be prepared
A PENOLA Country Fire Service (CFS) volunteer has urged landowners to be bushfire ready following his return from battling the New South Wales bushfires.
Penola...
Island praise for firefighters
THE outpouring of public support for volunteer firefighters has reached unprecedented levels according to a 20-year veteran of the Country Fire Service (CFS).
Fresh from...
Ban breach fires up CFS
A LEADING Limestone Coast firefighter and the region's top-ranking police officer have vowed to take a no-nonsense approach to people lighting fires illegally following...
Limestone Coast soldier joins bushfire fight
A MOUNT Gambier soldier involved in support efforts on Kangaroo Island has praised the resilience of the community in light of the "substantial devastation"...
On the frontline
THE sheer intensity of Friday's bushfire near Nelson has been captured by a contracted forestry worker fighting the blaze on the frontline.
Mount Gambier's Jaiden...
Tour turns up heat
LIMESTONE Coast rock fans dug deep at Sunday's Red Hot Summer Tour to raise over $30,000 for the Country Fire Service (CFS) Foundation, capping...
Fire crews join forces as they battle Keilira blaze
PENOLA and surrounding areas Country Fire Service (CFS) brigades joined crews across the region to battle a bushfire at Keilira which had burned almost...
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Tough way to finish
IT was a tough night at Horsham's Blue Ribbon Raceway on Saturday night for Penola’s Dave Gartner, despite a solid effort in his heat...
