Tag: CFS
Mount Burr brigade on move to new site
THE new Mount Burr Country Fire Service (CFS) shed is about a fortnight away from being operational.
The exterior is complete, but Mount Burr CFS...
Borderline Speedway makes CFS donation
THE Mount Gambier CFS has received a welcome boost through a cash donation from the Borderline Speedway.
Borderline president Cary Jennings and treasurer John Ferguson...
Heroes in our hearts
WHILE the immediate threat of further devastation has largely subsided on Kangaroo Island, Country Fire Service volunteers from the Mount Gambier and Kingsley groups...
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...
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...
Millicent Country Fire Service honour bestowed
THE Millicent Country Fire Service (CFS) brigade has recently bestowed an honour on one of its own.
Each year the officers of the brigade choose...
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"...
CFS crews brace for extreme Limestone Coast conditions
AS THE South East prepares to swelter in temperatures close to 40c today, the extreme fire danger it presents has Country Fire Service (CFS)...
COMMENT: Eastern fires a warning to create survival plan
IT has been 36 years since the Ash Wednesday fires in South Australia.
The biggest bushfire before that in our district was in 1956.
With fires...
South East volunteers fight Queensland fires
A TRIO of Country Fire Service volunteers have returned safely to the South East after fighting fires in Queensland over three days in harrowing...
CFS leader calls for improved roadside maintenance as catastrophic weather causes South East destruction
WITH wild weather conditions wreaking havoc across the region last week, Wattle Range Country Fire Service group officer Fred Stent has called for better...
Mayor praises fire volunteers
THE fire danger season has come to an end in the Lower South East, however the community spirit of volunteer firefighters will continue to...