Incidents (Emergencies / Fires / Rescues / Etc.)....

We are 'on-call' 24 hours a day service, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. The Sturt CFS Group attends an approximate average of 300 emergency calls a year and our Eden Hills CFS Brigade attends approximately 200 of these.

The number of members attending each call varies with the time of day due to the availability of members and their work commitments but we average about 8 fire-fighters per call.

Some of our major emergency incidents are -

Structure fires:

Blackwood Cold Stores in 2003 (damage $2,000,000)
Shepherds Court Shopping Complex in 2000 (damage of $1,000,000 but far more saved)
Blackwood Primary School in 1993 (damage $750,000)
'Caddy's Tavern' at Belair Golf Course in 1992 (damage $1,500,000)
Blackwood High School in 1972 (damage $60,000)
Blackwood High School in 1971 (damage $100,000)

Major Bush/Grass/Wildfires:

Willunga in 2008
Kangaroo Island in 2007
Mt Bold / Kangarilla area in 2007
Ash Wednesday I in 1980
Ash Wednesday II in 1983
New South Wales in 1994 (10 days)
New South Wales in 2002 twice (total 12 days)
Kangaroo Island (numerous times)
Mt. Bold / Scott Creek in 1990
Mt. Remarkable in 1988
Black Sunday in 1955

HAZMAT (hazardous material/chemical spills or 'Dangerous Substances'):

Glenelg Ice Works (Ammonia leak) in 1990
Reynella Mushroom Farm
Belair Primary School (Chlorine spillage)
Ceduna trucking accident and mixed load spillage

Rescues:

Shepherds Hill Road, Eden Hills (car v. stobie pole - 2 fatalities, 1 casualty) 1990
Shepherds Hill Road, Eden Hills (1 fatality, XX casualties) 19XX (RX7 rollover?)
Shepherds Hill Road, Blackwood (police car v. guard rail- 2 casualties)
Ring Road, Flinders University (car over embankment - 1 casualty)
Shepherds Hill Road, Eden Hills (van v. bus - 1 casualty)
Coromandel Parade, Blackwood (car v. tree - 1 casualty) 1988

Flooding:

Langhorne Creek and Two Wells 1992 (3 days)
Langhorne Creek and Two Wells 1993 (2 days)

Other Major Incidents:

Shell Refinery fire, Birkenhead 1985
'Change of Quarters' to cover Metropolitan Fire Service area during Sheep Transport Ship fire (several days) in 1989