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SA Country Fire Service Station

Challenger

Information on this station was last updated on Sunday, December 12, 2021
Challenger Ambulance
Challenger Ambulance     -     Picture by Wayne Ellard
 Challenger QRV
Challenger QRV     -     Picture by Wayne Ellard
Comments On Station Industrial brigade, responsible for area under control of Challenger Gold Mine
Mine mothballed, March 2021
Station Information
Region : Region 4
Established: 2013
Contact Information
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Physical Location Commonwealth Hill, Tarcoola SA
GPS Latitude: -29.880220 Longitude: 133.600343
Phone Numbers In an EMERGENCY Triple Zero - 000
Postal Address C/- PO Box 159, Export Park SA 5950
How To Join
Training Occurs
Advice to Recruits Must be an employee / contractor of Challenger Gold Mines
Advice to Cadets
Vehicles & Appliances
Emergency Response Information
Response Types : Vertical Rescue - Rescue from Heights
Natural Disasters - Storm Damage / Flooding
Fires - Rural - Grass Fires, Bush Fires
Fires - Structure - House / Factory / Shed Fires
 
Specialist Equipment : Breathing Apparatus - 12 sets
BA Compressor
Defibrillator
Firefighting Foam - 2400 Litres
Medical Equipment
Medical Oxygen equipment
Road Crash Rescue
Rope Rescue
Rescue Litter
 
Response Area Includes : Airport / Airstrip - Aircraft landing area
Arid Regions - Semi-desert areas of inland Australia
Industrial Parks - Industrial and Commercial areas
Special Risks - Special Risks - Mine - underground & open cut
 
Communications :
Incidents Attended Statistics for 2023-24 - 1 Responses
Aircraft Incident / Emergency 1 100.00% N/A
Total Incidents for 2023-24 1 0 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2017-18 1 98 Hrs
Post Codes
In Response Area		 5719
Towns, Suburbs & Localities In Response Area
Commonwealth Hill, SA