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SA Country Fire Service Station

Wharminda

Information on this station was last updated on Wednesday, January 3, 2024

Wharminda Station - Picture by CFS Promotions Unit

Wharminda 34 - Picture by Josh Jeffree

Comments On Station

Refurbished 34 delivered February 2019

Station Information

Region :	Region 6
Group :	Eastern Eyre Group

Contact Information

Google References
Physical Location	Cnr Masters Rd and Wharminda Road, Wharminda SA
	CFS Map Book	Map: EP 3256, 146418
	GPS	Latitude: -33.958269	Longitude: 136.241311
Phone Numbers	In an EMERGENCY	Triple Zero - 000
Postal Address	RSD 1150, Arno Bay SA 5603

How To Join

Training Occurs	As arranged
Advice to Recruits	Please contact the Captain, Darren Millard
Advice to Cadets

Vehicles & Appliances

Wharminda 34

4WD, 3000L General Purpose Appliance
Make and Model: Isuzu FTS750 Crew
Water Capacity: 3000 Litres
Foam Quantity: 20 Litres
Registration Number: XQB420

Equipment:

GPS

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 :	Firefighting Foam - 80 Litres GPS - 1 unit(s)

Response Area Includes :	Agricultural Crops - Agricultural Crops Grasslands - Grasslands National Parks - National Park areas Rural Areas - General Rural environments Bushland & Scrub - Bushland & Scrub

Communications :	GRN Radio Channel: 010 & 248 VHF Radio Channel: 55, 57, 50 UHF CB Radio Channel: 9

Incidents Attended

Statistics for 2023-24 - 1 Responses


	Scrub And Grass Fire	1	100.00%	3 Hrs	100.00%
Total Incidents for 2023-24		1		3 Hrs
	Total Incidents for 2022-23	1		92 Hrs
	Total Incidents for 2021-22	4		163 Hrs
	Total Incidents for 2020-21	5		135 Hrs
	Total Incidents for 2019-20	4		551 Hrs
	Total Incidents for 2018-19	3		514 Hrs
	Total Incidents for 2017-18	2		20 Hrs
	Total Incidents for 2016-17	7		117 Hrs
	Total Incidents for 2015-16	8		34 Hrs
	Total Incidents for 2014-15	3		32 Hrs
	Total Incidents for 2013-14	3		29 Hrs
	Total Incidents for 2011-12	3		44 Hrs
	Total Incidents for 2010-11	2		13 Hrs
	Total Incidents for 2009-10	3		50 Hrs
	Total Incidents for 2008-09	2		11 Hrs
	Total Incidents for 2007-08	1		2 Hrs
	Total Incidents for 2006-07	3		102 Hrs
	Total Incidents for 2005-06	4		216 Hrs
	Total Incidents for 2004-05	8		358 Hrs
	Total Incidents for 2003-04	5		59 Hrs
	Total Incidents for 2002-03	1		19 Hrs
	Total Incidents for 2001-02	3		31 Hrs
	Total Incidents for 2000-01	8
	Total Incidents for 1999-00	1
	Total Incidents for 1998-99	7
	Total Incidents for 1997-98	7

Post Codes
In Response Area

5603

Towns, Suburbs & Localities In Response Area

Verran, SA
Wharminda, SA