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SA Country Fire Service Station

Edithburgh

Information on this station was last updated on Thursday, May 18, 2023

Edithburgh Station
Edithburgh Station     -     Picture by CFS Promotions Unit
Edithburgh 34
Edithburgh 34     -     Picture by Dean Norman

Comments On Station Refurbished 34 delivered August 2022

Station Information
Region : Region 2
Group : Southern Yorke Group
Established: 1958

Contact Information
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Physical Location Park Terrace, Edithburgh SA
CFS Map Book Map: YPMN 114, 500143
GPS Latitude: -35.082763 Longitude: 137.741391
Phone Numbers In an EMERGENCY Triple Zero - 000
Station When Manned (08) 8852 6129
Postal Address PO Box 19, Edithburgh SA 5583
E-mail Edithburgh CFS - edithburghcfs@internode.on.net

How To Join
Training Occurs Monday 7:00pm
Advice to Recruits Please attend station on training night, or contact the Captain, Leith Smith
Advice to Cadets

Vehicles & Appliances
Edithburgh 34 4WD, 3000L General Purpose Appliance
Make and Model: Isuzu FTS800
Water Capacity: 3000 Litres
Foam Quantity: 20 Litres
Registration Number: S768AQE
Equipment: Breathing Apparatus: 2
Rescue Litter
Chainsaw: 1
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 : Breathing Apparatus - 2 sets
Chainsaw
Defibrillator
Firefighting Foam - 20 Litres
Portable flood lighting - 1 set(s)
Quick Fill Pump - 1 unit(s)
Rescue Litter
 
Response Area Includes : Agricultural Crops - Agricultural Crops
Grasslands - Grasslands
Rural Areas - General Rural environments
Special Risks - Special Risks - Silo & Export facilities, wind farm, marine
Towns & Urban Areas - Towns & Urban Areas
 
Communications : GRN Radio Channel: 103 & 083
VHF Radio Channel: 31, 29, 34
UHF CB Radio Channel: 9

Incidents Attended Statistics for 2023-24 - 25 Responses
Alarm System Suspected Malfunction 1 4.00% 8 Hrs 0.73%
Assist Other Agencies 5 20.00% 360 Hrs 32.88%
Assist Sapol 1 4.00% N/A
Barbecue Or Hangi 1 4.00% 2 Hrs 0.18%
Building Fire - Structure & Content 2 8.00% 186 Hrs 16.99%
Cooking Fumes (Toast Or Foodstuffs) 1 4.00% 7 Hrs 0.64%
Fip Not Activated - Atu Activated 1 4.00% 3 Hrs 0.27%
Flood 1 4.00% N/A
Grain / Crop Fire 1 4.00% 3 Hrs 0.27%
Grass Or Stubble Fire 5 20.00% 164 Hrs 14.98%
Tree Down 1 4.00% 1 Hrs 0.09%
Tree Fire 1 4.00% 5 Hrs 0.46%
Tree Fire 1 4.00% 8 Hrs 0.73%
Vehicle Accident / No Injury 3 12.00% 348 Hrs 31.78%
Total Incidents for 2023-24 25 1,095 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2022-23 21 558 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2021-22 37 723 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2020-21 24 231 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2019-20 33 840 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2018-19 11 920 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2017-18 10 98 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2016-17 12 68 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2015-16 20 87 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2014-15 8 13 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2013-14 16 14 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2012-13 8 15 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2011-12 12 107 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2010-11 8 33 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2009-10 10 31 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2008-09 13 414 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2007-08 18 609 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2006-07 13 118 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2005-06 18 202 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2004-05 15 102 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2003-04 6 8 Hrs
Total Incidents for 2001-02 1
Total Incidents for 2000-01 5
Total Incidents for 1999-00 12
Total Incidents for 1998-99 5
Total Incidents for 1997-98 7

Post Codes
In Response Area
5582 5583
Towns, Suburbs & Localities In Response Area
Coobowie, SA
Edithburgh, SA
Port Giles,
Sultana Point, SA