Tag: Deployment
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...
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...
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...
Millicent firey steps up
A MILLICENT great grandmother is happy to have recently volunteered five days of leave to serve as a firefighter on Kangaroo Island.
When the Country...
Firefighters tackle island mission
FARM firefighting units, families anxiously awaiting their relatives' return and unsung heroes have been key personnel in the fight to bring Australia's catastrophic bushfire...
Regional firies join fight
A CONTINGENT of South East Country Fire Service (CFS) volunteers recently returned from deployment in Victoria where they helped combat fires raging in the...
‘Alarmist’ airline security claims rejected
REGIONAL Express (Rex) has struck out at Senator Rex Patrick's "alarmist comments" on new airport security measures, shooting down claims that proposed changes would...
Volunteer firies join fight
FIVE Country Fire Service (CFS) volunteers from the Kingsley Group have today joined the second contingent of firefighters to be deployed to help fight...