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Piccadilly Country Fire Service

Locality: Piccadilly, South Australia

Phone: +61 8 8370 9048

Address: Atkinson Avenue 5151 Piccadilly, SA, Australia

Website: http://piccadillycfs.com.au

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25.01.2022 So, there's normally a road bridge (and a road) here...

21.01.2022 CFS advise that TOTAL FIRE BANS have been declared for 30 December 2019 statewide. Northwest Pastoral - Severe Northeast Pastoral - Severe West Coast - Severe... Eastern Eyre Peninsula - Severe Lower Eyre Peninsula - Severe Flinders - Severe Mid North - Catastrophic Mount Lofty Ranges - Catastrophic Adelaide Metropolitan - Severe Yorke Peninsula - Catastrophic Kangaroo Island - Severe Riverland - Severe Murraylands - Extreme Upper South East - Severe Lower South East - Extreme Please refer to the following link for further details: #TFB http://ow.ly/EJ0A30q5pm4

21.01.2022 Piccadilly CFS moved into a brand new station tonight. The new 2 bay station, with a meeting room, kitchen, toilet and breathing apparatus cleaning facilities r...eplaces the existing station, which could only fit one of their two appliances, and had very limited facilities. The new Station is located on Piccadilly Rd - diagonally across the road from the existing station.

20.01.2022 Heads up that Wednesday at this stage is predicted to be Catastrophic conditions, please bear in mind it’s a dynamic situation and may change quickly, but we wo...uld ask that you revisit your bushfire survival plan with all of your family, don’t forget your pets! Perhaps this weekend is the best time to prepare your house and property for the predicted conditions and the long fire season ahead! See more

17.01.2022 **Severe Weather Warning for DAMAGING WINDS** BOM: For people in Mount Lofty Ranges, Kangaroo Island, Upper South East, Lower South East and parts of Lower Eyr...e Peninsula, Yorke Peninsula and Murraylands districts. Strong cold front and damaging winds for southern SA. Weather Situation: A strong cold front linked to a deep low to the south, will move rapidly across southern South Australia later today, leading to windy conditions developing from mid afternoon. The front is forecast to be near Port Lincoln to Parndana around 7-8 pm this evening, then near Adelaide to Mount Gambier 9-10 pm. Northwesterly winds will increase this afternoon ahead of the front, becoming strong to damaging with average speeds of 50 to 65 km/h and possible gusts of 90-100 km/h from about mid afternoon, particularly about coastal parts and on and about the higher ground and eastern slopes of the Mount Lofty Ranges. Winds shift squally westerly as the front moves through. Strong to damaging winds persisting for a period following the front. Localised gusts in excess of 90 km/h are possible, mainly with the squally showers. Winds will turn southwesterly and gradually decrease from the west through the early hours of Monday morning. Locations which may be affected include Port Lincoln, Kingscote, Victor Harbor, Strathalbyn, Mount Barker, Mount Gambier, Naracoorte and Bordertown. The State Emergency Service advises that people should: * Move vehicles under cover or away from trees; * Secure or put away loose items around your property. * Stay indoors, away from windows, while conditions are severe. Tim Noonan will have the latest forecast in 7NEWS at 6pm. Send your weather videos or photos to 7 News Adelaide: http://m.me/7NewsAdelaide #Weather #7NEWS

17.01.2022 Friday saw catastrophic fire conditions across our state. The CFS, with support from MFS, DEW, Farm Fire Units and Private Forestry personnel, responded to hund...reds of fires across the state, with the major incident taking place at Cudlee Creek in the Adelaide Hills. Our thoughts continue to be with those who suffered loss as a result of these fires. For recovery information and support, we encourage you to call 1800 302 787. We also encourage everyone involved with these events to take care of yourselves, and each other. Please reach out to Beyond Blue or speak to your doctor if you need emotional and mental health support. Finally, a massive thank you to all of the firefighters who have attended and continue to fight the fires across our state. With the weather heating up towards the end of the week, our crews will continue to work over Christmas, to suppress and mop up these fires, minimising any risk they may pose to the community.

16.01.2022 The SA State Emergency Service has issued an Extreme Heatwave Emergency Warning https://www.ses.sa.gov.au/public/download.jsp?id=135278 for tomorrow 22nd January.

16.01.2022 Severe Weather Warning for damaging winds for people in Adelaide Metropolitan, Mount Lofty Ranges, Lower Eyre Peninsula, Eastern Eyre Peninsula, Yorke Peninsula..., Flinders, Mid North, Kangaroo Island, Riverland, Murraylands, Upper South East, Lower South East and parts of West Coast and North East Pastoral districts. Very windy conditions developing over southern parts of SA on Thursday. A vigorous cold front will move across southern SA during Thursday with damaging winds and squally showers. Strong to damaging west to northwesterly winds averaging 50-70 km/h, with gusts of 90-110 km/h, are forecast to develop ahead of a cold front over the warning area during Thursday. Winds then turning west to southwesterly around 50-70 km/h, with gusts of 90-110 km/h, behind the cold front before gradually easing overnight. Damaging wind gusts in excess of 90 km/h with squally showers and thunderstorms during Thursday with the passage of the cold front. Localised heavy falls are possible about the Mount Lofty Ranges. For the Adelaide area, the strongest winds and heaviest rain are likely from around midday to early evening. Locations which may be affected include Adelaide, Port Lincoln, Whyalla, Renmark, Mount Gambier and Naracoorte. The State Emergency Service advises that people should: - Move vehicles under cover or away from trees; - Secure or put away loose items around your property. - Stay indoors, away from windows, while conditions are severe.

15.01.2022 Severe Weather Warning for DAMAGING WINDS for people in Lower Eyre Peninsula, Kangaroo Island and parts of Mount Lofty Ranges, Eastern Eyre Peninsula and Yorke ...Peninsula districts. Weather Situation: A cold front will move over the State on Friday bringing strong to locally damaging winds and raised dust. Damaging north to northwesterly winds averaging 55-65 km/h with gusts of 90-100 km/h are forecast to develop over parts of the warning area during Friday morning ahead of and with the front. Winds will shift gusty west to southwesterly with the front reaching southern Eyre Peninsula early afternoon and the Mount Lofty Ranges late afternoon. Winds will moderate during the evening. Locations which may be affected include Port Lincoln, Cummins, Tumby Bay, Cleve, Maitland, Edithburgh, Victor Harbor, Strathalbyn and Kingscote. The State Emergency Service advises that people should: * Move vehicles under cover or away from trees; * Secure or put away loose items around your property. * Stay indoors, away from windows, while conditions are severe. Refer http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDS21037.shtml

08.01.2022 Severe Weather Warning for DAMAGING WINDS for people in Mount Lofty Ranges, Kangaroo Island, Murraylands, Upper South East, Lower South East and parts of Mid No...rth and Riverland districts. Squally, locally damaging winds developing during Friday Weather Situation: A large multi-centred low pressure system will rapidly deepen south of Tasmania overnight, resulting in a strengthening of the southwesterly winds across southeast SA. Strong to damaging winds, reaching 55-70 km/h at times with peak gusts in excess of 90 km/h, are forecast to develop near the far southern coastal fringe overnight, then extend inland across the remainder of the warning area from late Friday morning. Damaging winds are most likely to be associated with showers. Winds will ease later Friday afternoon but remain fresh to strong and gusty into Saturday, particularly about the coast. Locations which may be affected include Mount Gambier, Murray Bridge, Kingscote, Naracoorte, Victor Harbor, Lameroo, Meningie, Bordertown and Burra. The State Emergency Service advises that people should: * Move vehicles under cover or away from trees; * Secure or put away loose items around your property. * Stay indoors, away from windows, while conditions are severe. Refer http://ow.ly/9VQZ50zsK6R

05.01.2022 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

03.01.2022 Severe Weather Warning for DAMAGING WINDS for people in Adelaide Metropolitan, Mount Lofty Ranges, Kangaroo Island and parts of Lower Eyre Peninsula and Yorke P...eninsula districts. Weather Situation: Vigorous North to northwesterly airstream ahead of an approaching front. Strong north to northwesterly winds averaging 45 to 55 km/h with gusts in excess of 90 km/h are possible over the warning area over the next several hours. Locations which may be affected include Adelaide, Port Lincoln, Kingscote, Victor Harbor, Tumby Bay and Warooka. Wind gusts of 85 km/h have been reported at Port Lincoln Airport this evening. The State Emergency Service advises that people should: * Move vehicles under cover or away from trees; * Secure or put away loose items around your property. * Stay indoors, away from windows, while conditions are severe.

02.01.2022 This weekend sees the end of Daylight Saving, which is also a good time to change the batteries in your smoke alarm. If you are staying at home and doing some handywork, you could add this to the list.