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SA Country Fire Service Station

Cooke Plains

Information on this station was last updated on Sunday, January 12, 2025
Cookes Plains Station
Cookes Plains Station     -     Picture by Dylan Robertson
Cooke Plains 44
Cooke Plains 44     -     Picture by Cooper Davidson-Peacock
Station Information
Region : Region 3
Group : Coorong Group
Established: 1960
Contact Information
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Physical Location 20 Darwin Road, Cooke Plains SA
CFS Map Book Map: RMM 99, 694840
GPS: Latitude, Longitude -35.379011, 139.562477
Phone Numbers In an EMERGENCY Triple Zero - 000
Station When Manned (08) 8572 3705
Postal Address PO Box 18, Cooke Plains SA 5261
How To Join
Training Occurs As arranged
Advice to Recruits Please attend any training night, or contact the Captain, Dylan Roberston 0401 506 597
Advice to Cadets
Vehicles & Appliances
Cooke Plains 44 4WD, 4000L General Purpose Appliance
Make and Model: Isuzu FTS800 Crew
Water Capacity: 4000 Litres
Foam Quantity: 20 Litres
Registration Number: S677AQM
Equipment: AED (Automated External Defibrillator)
Emergency Response Information
Response Types : Natural Disasters - Storm Damage / Flooding
Fires - Other - Car, Rubbish and Other fires
Fires - Rural - Grass Fires, Bush Fires
 
Specialist Equipment : Defibrillator
Firefighting Foam
GPS
 
Response Area Includes : Agricultural Crops - Agricultural Crops
Grasslands - Grasslands
Rural Areas - General Rural environments
Towns & Urban Areas - Towns & Urban Areas
 
Communications : GRN Radio Channel: 201 & 211
VHF Radio Channel: 51, 44, 57
UHF CB Radio Channel: 9
Incidents Attended Statistics for 2025-26 - 35 Responses
Alarm Activation By Outside Tradesman/Occupier Activities 1 2.86% 6 Hrs 0.97%
Alarm Activation Due To Poor Building Maint-Dust,Cobwebs,Insects 2 5.71% 8 Hrs 1.29%
Alarm Activation Due To Steam, Shower, Bath, Sauna, Urn/Kettle 1 2.86% 1 Hrs 0.16%
Alarm Sounded No Evidence Of Fire 1 2.86% N/A
Alarm System Suspected Malfunction 1 2.86% 45 Hrs 7.26%
Building Fire 1 2.86% 5 Hrs 0.81%
Building Fire - Structure & Content 1 2.86% N/A
Did Not Arrive (Stop Call) 6 17.14% 60 Hrs 9.68%
Grass Or Stubble Fire 4 11.43% 188 Hrs 30.32%
Haystack 2 5.71% 28 Hrs 4.52%
Investigation (Smoke) 2 5.71% 2 Hrs 0.32%
Mobile Property / Vehicle 1 2.86% 21 Hrs 3.39%
Mobile Property Fire - Passenger Vehicle 1 2.86% 5 Hrs 0.81%
Mobile Property Fire - Rail 1 2.86% 5 Hrs 0.81%
Mobile Property Fire - Road Transport Vehicle 1 2.86% 27 Hrs 4.35%
Rubbish Fire 1 2.86% 2 Hrs 0.32%
Scrub And Grass Fire 2 5.71% 113 Hrs 18.23%
Vehicle Accident / No Injury 2 5.71% 12 Hrs 1.94%
Vehicle Accident With Injuries 4 11.43% 92 Hrs 14.84%
Total Incidents for 2025-26 35 620 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2024-25 32 1286 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2023-24 16 130 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2022-23 3 108 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2021-22 2 74 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2020-21 7 153 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2019-20 2
Total Incidents for 2018-19 3 4 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2017-18 9 58 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2016-17 2 9 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2015-16 5 53 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2014-15 5 23 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2013-14 5 35 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2012-13 18 97 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2011-12 9 124 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2009-10 7 111 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2008-09 2 36 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2007-08 5 128 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2006-07 10 370 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2005-06 14 346 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2004-05 7 71 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2003-04 10 258 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2002-03 4 68 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2001-02 8 55 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2000-01 11
Total Incidents for 1999-00 8
Total Incidents for 1998-99 10
Total Incidents for 1997-98 1
Post Codes
In Response Area		 5259 5261
Towns, Suburbs & Localities In Response Area
Cooke Plains, SA
Malinong, SA
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