Meadows Country Fire Service in Meadows, South Australia | Community organisation

Meadows Country Fire Service

Locality: Meadows, South Australia

Address: Mill St 5201 Meadows, SA, Australia

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25.01.2022 An Open Letter to the South Australian community: The 2019/20 Fire Danger Season officially finishes at midnight tonight, finalising one of the busiest seasons ...in our history. The CFS really started our season in September, more than a month before our own season officially started, as a horrendous start to the season in Queensland and New South Wales saw local crews stretched to their limits. Over the next three months until after Christmas, CFS dedicated more than 1,300 volunteer firefighter and incident management personnel to help these two states battle unprecedented bushfires. Unfortunately this was only the start of our efforts this season with our own fires burning in catastrophic conditions near Port Lincoln and Yorketown in November, followed by the large fires in Cudlee Creek and Kangaroo Island in December and January. These were only a handful of the thousands of fires our CFS volunteers attended throughout the fire season with large fires in every Region from Keilira in the South East, Coonalpyn, Miltalie on the Eyre Peninsula and unfortunately too many others to name. I took up the role of Chief Officer in October last year and was very quickly impressed by the professionalism and commitment of our many volunteers. This year in particular they gave up so much of their time, put their lives on the line and worked so hard to not only protect their local communities but travel throughout South Australia and interstate to help others. Thanks must also go to the South Australian community who heeded our warning messages at the beginning of the season and prepared their homes against bushfire threat. Unfortunately too many homes were lost with a total of 179 burned this season, many simply because of the ferocity of the fires. The CFS bitterly regrets those losses and the tragic loss of 3 South Australians during the worst of the Fire Danger Season. The community also listened and acted when we issued warning messages. Those three lives lost to bushfires this year is three too many. However, I am thankful that we were able to provide timely and accurate warnings to the communities impacted so they could make safe decisions for themselves and their families. Thank you also to the communities for supporting us and each other throughout the fires. To see the generosity to our firefighters, especially on Christmas Day brought warmth to the heart. Thank you to all of those who have since had bake sales, fundraisers or simply donated to the CFS Foundation. That money will go towards supporting our volunteers in their time of need. I also want to thank CFS staff and our supporting agencies, SA Metropolitan Fire Services, SA State Emergency Service, Department for Environment and Water, SAPOL and all other organisations who contributed. The ability for those staff to get on with the job and provide results is testament to their abilities. At the moment we are continuing to help South Australians by being embedded in the State Command Centre for Health, managing the COVID-19 pandemic in this State. Only days after the request came through, our teams were at SA Health to support them as they faced a health emergency of unknown scale and duration. We knew anything we could do to support them as the control agency had to be a good thing. Of course the work does not end here. Our volunteers continue to attend structure fires, hazardous material incident, road crashes and to assist other agencies, as their work continues. I thank them for their amazing efforts and urge the community to continue to practice fire safety as we move into the winter months, and be careful on our roads. I dearly hope that more normal times will resume once the Coronavirus crisis has passed but South Australians can be assured that its Firefighters remain ready and available to answer calls for help whatever the challenges we face. Mark Jones, Chief Officer SA Country Fire Service

24.01.2022 Total Fire Ban for the Mount Lofty Ranges for Sunday 15th November.

21.01.2022 Reminder tomorrow night the 10th of feb community meeting run by CFS community engagement team 7pm kick off at the Meadows Memorial Hall see you all there.

17.01.2022 Meadows CFS, along with Macclesfield and Echunga CFS brigades, as well as SA Ambulance and SAPOL, attended a Heavy Rescue today after a truck collided with a car on the Battunga Road/Kondoparinga Road intersection. A person was trapped in the car and required extrication by the Meadows RCR team, and treatment by SAAS and Medstar paramedics and transport to hospital by the Medstar helicopter. This has always been a dangerous intersection, so please be extra cautious here.

15.01.2022 Total Fire Ban in the Mount Lofty Ranges for Sunday 15th November.

15.01.2022 Saturday 23rd January has been declared a day of Severe Fire Danger and we have a Total Fire Ban for the Mount Lofty Ranges.

14.01.2022 Saturday 28th November has been declared a day of Total Fire Ban in the Mount Lofty Ranges.

14.01.2022 Some parts of Meadows have been impacted by the deluge of rain this afternoon the Meadows CFS with the assistance of Strathalbyn and Mt Barker SES and Black Fellows Creek CFS have sandbagged some of the most affected areas. We have some sand bags that we have available to the community if required. They are under some plastic in the car park of the Meadows CFS. please only take what you absolutely need as there is a limited supply. If you require our assistance please call ...000. Stay safe out there. Matt Coombe Meadows Captain

12.01.2022 Three in three days!! One week ago Meadows CFS received a new set of road crash rescue equipment. This equipment replaces our old set that was 16 years old. The new gear is better suited to cut up modern vehicles. Although we train regularly with the equipment we would prefer not to have to use it at all!! Our crews have attended three serious road crashes over the last three days. We attended a car versus motorcycle crash on Bull Creek Road, with the rider transported to h...ospital by the Medstar helicopter. Unfortunately the very next day our crew members attended a fatal road crash at Biggs Flat. And yesterday, Meadows CFS, along with crews from Echunga and Macclesfield, attended a truck versus car crash at the Battunga/Kondoparinga Road intersection. The car driver was trapped and our new equipment enabled us to remove the roof and extricate the patient. SAAS and Medstar paramedics treated the patient and she was flown to hospital. See more

11.01.2022 Today, Friday 27th November, is a day of Extreme Fire Danger. A Total Fire Ban has been declared for the Mount Lofty Ranges.

06.01.2022 A reminder to please drive carefully to the road conditions...

06.01.2022 Sunday 24th January is a day of Extreme Fire Danger in the Mount Lofty Ranges. A Total Fire Ban has been declared.

05.01.2022 Meadows CFS volunteers responded to a tree down just after 6am this morning on Bull creek rd just out of Meadows. While we were on scene we had a number of vehicles not slow down and speed through the scene. It is law to slow to25KPH when passing an emergency vehicle displaying red and blue lights. Please take care when passing emergency vehicles. ... https://dpti.sa.gov.au//look_/emnergency_services_vehicles

05.01.2022 Total Fire Ban for Thursday 21st January in the Mount Lofty Ranges.

04.01.2022 Changes have been made to the way Alert SA and the CFS issue warning messages for bushfires. There are still three levels of warnings Advice, Watch & Act, ...and Emergency Warning. With the fire season here, it’s important you are aware of these changes and what they mean. Visit cfs.sa.gov.au or alert.sa.gov.au for more information about these new warnings today

03.01.2022 Tomorrow, Monday 11th January, has been declared as a day of Total Fire Ban in the Mount Lofty Ranges.