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SA Country Fire Service Station Mount Gambier District Group Information on this station was last updated on Saturday, March 11, 2023 Gambier Group Base     -     Picture by CFS Promotions Unit Gambier Group Base Vehicle Bays     -     Picture by CFS Promotions Unit Gambier BW11     -     Picture by Adelaide Emergency Media Gambier Car 1     -     Picture by Leith Robson Gambier Group logistics Trailer     -     Picture by CFS Promotions Unit Mount Gambier Logistics     -     Picture by Andrew Horwood Comments On Station Joint Station with SES and Onefortyone Plantations New Logs delivered November 2021 Group Members This station is actually a Group Headquarters, with the following stations belonging to the Group:     Compton     Forest Industry     Green Triangle Forest Products     Mil Lel     Moorak     Mount Gambier CFS Group Operations     Mount Gambier District Group     Pleasant Park     Tarpeena     Timberlands Pacific CFS Industry     Wandilo     Yahl Information on this page is about the Group Headquarters and not about all stations belonging to the group. Station Information Region : Region 5 Established: 1988 Contact Information Google References Physical Location 152 Jubilee Highway East, tba SA CFS Map Book Map: LSE 6, 782142 GPS Latitude: -37.838241 Longitude: 140.806137 Phone Numbers In an EMERGENCY Triple Zero - 000 Station When Manned (08) 8725 1629 Postal Address tba, tba SA 5290 E-mail Mount Gambier District Group - mountgambieradmin@cfsgroup.org.au How To Join Training Occurs Advice to Recruits Advice to Cadets Vehicles & Appliances Gambier BW11 Large Volume Water Tanker Make and Model: Isuzu FVZ1400 Comments: Based at Mount Gambier Group Base Water Capacity: 11000 Litres Registration Number: XQO218 Equipment: Floating Collar Dam: 1 Gambier Car 1 Command Vehicle Make and Model: Mitsubishi Pajero Registration Number: XQO348 Equipment: GPS Gambier Group logistics Trailer Support Trailer Make and Model: Homemade Equipment: Generator Mount Gambier Logistics Command Vehicle Make and Model: Isuzu D-Max Registration Number: S124BQB Equipment: Emergency Response Information Response Types : Specialist Administration - Administration Centre Airport / Airstrip - Aviation Airports and Airstrips Specialist Command - Major Incident Coordination Specialist Comms - Major Incident Communications EMA - Enhanced Mutual Aid Specialist Investigation - Fire Cause Investigation Natural Disasters - Storm Damage / Flooding Fires - Other - Car, Rubbish and Other fires Fires - Rural - Grass Fires, Bush Fires Fires - Structure - House / Factory / Shed Fires   Specialist Equipment : Breathing Apparatus - 18 sets Chainsaw Defibrillator Firefighting Foam - 500 Litres Portable Generator - 1 unit(s) GPS - 10 unit(s) Hazmat Equipment Portable flood lighting - 1 set(s) Floating Collar Dam - 1 dam(s) Quick Fill Pump - 1 unit(s)   Response Area Includes : Airport / Airstrip - Aircraft landing area Agricultural Crops - Agricultural Crops Plantation Forest - Commercial Plantations Grasslands - Grasslands Hills & Mountains - Hills & Mountains Hospital / Nursing Home - Hospitals and Aged Care facilities Industrial Parks - Industrial and Commercial areas Metropolitan - Major City and Suburban areas Orchard / Viticulture - Fruit Orchards & Vineyards National Parks - National Park areas Rural Areas - General Rural environments Bushland & Scrub - Bushland & Scrub Towns & Urban Areas - Towns & Urban Areas   Communications : GRN Radio Channel: 226 & 237 VHF Radio Channel: 23, 98, 35 Incidents Attended Statistics for 2021-22 - 3 Responses Grass Or Stubble Fire 2 66.67% 136 Hrs 99.27% Tree Fire 1 33.33% 1 Hrs 0.73% Total Incidents for 2021-22 3 137 Hrs Total Incidents for 2019-20 3 164 Hrs Total Incidents for 2018-19 1 6 Hrs Total Incidents for 2017-18 1 9 Hrs Total Incidents for 2014-15 1 4 Hrs Total Incidents for 2012-13 24 67 Hrs Total Incidents for 2011-12 118 251 Hrs Total Incidents for 2010-11 127 209 Hrs Total Incidents for 2009-10 32 99 Hrs Total Incidents for 2008-09 58 314 Hrs Total Incidents for 2007-08 116 880 Hrs Total Incidents for 2006-07 131 1354 Hrs Total Incidents for 2005-06 151 1426 Hrs Total Incidents for 2004-05 129 1746 Hrs Total Incidents for 2003-04 133 948 Hrs Total Incidents for 2002-03 109 961 Hrs Total Incidents for 2001-02 120 713 Hrs Total Incidents for 2000-01 157 Total Incidents for 1999-00 113 Total Incidents for 1998-99 133 Total Incidents for 1997-98 12 Post Codes In Response Area 5277 5290 5291 Towns, Suburbs & Localities In Response Area Burrungule, SA Caroline, SA Compton, SA Dismal Swamp, SA Glenburnie, SA Mil Lel, SA Mingbool, SA Moorak, SA Mount Gambier, SA O B Flat, SA Pleasant Park, SA Square Mile, SA Suttontown, SA Tarpeena, SA Wandilo, SA Worrolong, SA Yahl, SA