CFS Sturt Group Operations Support

24/10/2026

Better than fair chance of rain 🤷
If you get into difficulty or need emergency assistance, the phone number is in the link or call 000.

We're always around to back up our SES colleagues 😊

With heavy rainfall and thunderstorms forecast across the state today, take a little extra care if you're heading out.

✔️Take it a bit slower on the roads
✔️Steer clear of floodwater, especially at creek crossings (where roads cross creeks or waterways).
✔️Allow extra time to get where you’re going

It’s the little things that make a difference when the weather turns.
If you need help, you can call SES on 132 500 for emergency flood and storm assistance.

Stay safe.

21/10/2026

Getting prepared for summer.
While you're updating your Bushfire Action Plan, we've started our Summer prep too.
Every year, anyone who is remotely likely to enter a fireground, must complete and become accredited with "Burnover" or SMD's 1 and 2. Our brigade is no different. We provide fire ground Scribes, are able to deliver supplies, food and equipment and are able to ferry an injured person to an awaiting ambulance. We never know what we will be called to do but we make sure we are ready.

Last Monday night the amazing Cherry Gardens Country Fire Service Captain generously ran us through the drills to bring us up to date and gave us a few additional insights to keep us safe. We are very grateful. Thank you 😊

You can do this too! We are always recruiting! Shoot the page a message to find out more.

21/10/2026

As our weather warms up, we turn to making our homes safer during the hotter months. Part of that job is the problem with disposing of green waste. Mitcham Council have numerous free drop off days at Lynton for your convenience. All you have to do is book.
The calendar is in the link 😊

If you live in the City of Mitcham, you can get rid of garden organic waste at the Lynton Green Organics Drop-off Facility.

15/10/2026

We hope you had a lovely winter, now it's time to turn our minds to summer 🌞⛱️

We'll post our local dates as soon as they have been determined.

Here at Sturt Ops we've been busy learning new skills, getting re-accredited for IMT (Incident Management Team) roles and attending courses put on by the CFS to upskill us into new roles. Our team remains loyal and engaged for one purpose.
Help our community when they need it most.

If this is something you have thought about doing yourself and your community, feel free to message the page or call our Captain Shirl on 0415090043 for a tour and a chat. You'll be surprised with all the ways you can contribute that don't involve getting on a fire truck. We'll happily teach you all you need to know. We are particularly looking for people to train on radio comms and fire ground scribes at the moment. If you'd like to work in a lovely inclusive team just reach out. 😊

Fire Danger Season officially started on 15 October 2026 for the Eastern Eyre Peninsula, Flinders, North East Pastoral, North West Pastoral, and West Coast. 🔥

Make sure you know what you can and can't do during the Fire Danger Season 👉 https://www.cfs.sa.gov.au/warnings-restrictions/restrictions/what-can-i-do/

23/08/2026

Our 2026 AGM provided a wonderful opportunity to recognise and celebrate our members and what makes our brigade such a great place.

We wanted to acknowledge and congratulate Paul, Kimmy, Mel and Jim and their contributions over the past year.

While these awards acknowledge individual achievements, they also reflect the commitment, dedication, willingness to learn, and support that is shown across our entire brigade. Every member contributes in their own way, whether it's responding to incidents, supporting training, mentoring others, fundraising, or helping behind the scenes.

Thank you to all of our members for the time, effort and passion you continue to invest in our brigade and our community. We are proud to be part of such a supportive and committed team.

❤️💛 Congratulations to our recipients and thank you to every member who helps make our brigade stronger.

10/08/2026

What a busy night for Sturt Group!
It was an honour to be able to help the SES in their time of need to help the community through that challenging storm.
We had 9 Ops Brigade members in the Belair radio room assisting the other 5 Sturt Group brigades and 1 Ops member at Sturt SES as a liaison. We manned the radios, liaised with council and SES, and basically did whatever was needed to keep our crews and the community as safe as possible. We got to stay dry-Ops bonus!

Sending out gratitude to each CFS member because without you we can't help our community. And that's why we do this.

If you are part of the community and think Ops Support is something you would like to get involved in, shoot us a message or call the Ops Capt Shirl on 0415090043 or shoot the page a message. If you'd like to be on a fire truck, reach out to your nearest brigade for a chat.

Many thanks to

Belair Country Fire Service
Blackwood Country Fire Service
Cherry Gardens Country Fire Service
Coromandel Valley Country Fire Service
Eden Hills Country Fire Service
And those who get little recognition, Our Group Officer and our Deputy Group Officers.

01/07/2026

UPDATE: 1330 July 2. Winn's Forde remains closed. Fresh photos in the comments. Feel free to add yours 😊

July 1: Winn's Road forde impassable.
Council aware.
Take care community 😊

29/06/2026

This is exciting for those people who have been working hard on this project.
We just find it interesting.
You don't have to do anything but spread the word for those who might miss out on the info.

Our first nation wide alert system.

🚨‼️Australia's new emergency warning system, AusAlert, will conduct an Australian wide emergency critical alert test on Monday 27 July 2026 to every compatible mobile devices, tablets, and smartwatches across the country will vibrate, display a test message, and play a loud siren-like sound for about 10 seconds. The test will trigger simultaneously across the country, but the exact local time depends on your location.

This test alert will be sent to everyone! You can’t opt out of receiving a Critical Alert and it will make this sound even if your device is set to ‘silent’ or ‘do not disturb’.

It is just a test. But in an actual disaster, an AusAlert will tell you the type of emergency, where it’s located, how serious it is and what to do. It will also tell you the name of the emergency organisation that has sent the AusAlert and where to find more information about the emergency.

The only way to not receive a Critical Alert is to turn your mobile device off or switch it to ‘aeroplane mode’ for the duration of the test.
If receiving an AusAlert test message will disrupt you or cause you or a family member to feel unsafe, turn off your mobile devices or switch them to aeroplane mode before the scheduled test time in your location and leave them off for at least half an hour.

The test will go out at the same moment across the country, the local time varies by state:

South Australia (SA) & Northern Territory (NT): 1:30 pm

NSW, ACT, Victoria, Queensland, & Tasmania: 2:00pm AEST

Western Australia (WA): 12:00 pm AWST

How to Prepare? Do nothing: You don't need to respond; the message will identify itself as a test.

27/06/2026

We want to say thank you to our entire community for your patience and support last night.
The training exercise went very well, much was learned and we all got the fine turning practice we needed.

Without your support, these opportunities wouldn't happen. We thought you would like to see the results and if you have any photos, drop them in the comments.

💜

25/06/2026

Friday night is Stuart Group major training exercise night. There'll be lots of lights and action on Main Road from about 730pm.
Over the last few weeks we have been practicing and fine tuning our responsibilities during large events and now we get to put that into practice. During any incident we provide the radio Comms, arrange any extra resources needed to help the guys facing the incident, document everything that happens and liaise with Region 1 and management teams in real time.
Sometimes we are by the side of our Group Officers and we also get to stay warm at the Base.

If Operational Support and Comms sounds like something you might be interested in, shoot the page a message.

🥳🎉Party Smoke Alert 🚨 ‼️
Tomorrow night for training, from approx 7:30PM, we will be training at a site on main road Blackwood!!
You may notice party smoke (which looks similar to real smoke) drifting from the building from 7:30pm.

The purpose of the training is to familiarise us with urban structure fires and allows BA Breathing Apperatus operators to nagivate through a smoke filled building. It also allows us to train with adjoining brigades! This will be a group excersice and have fire appliances from every brigade in our group and our neighbours at Upper Sturt CFScoming to the party aswell.

We have also done training nights over the past couple of weeks to for our senior fire fighters, captains and lieutenants to familiarise our selfs with incident control training for large urban incidents. We can’t wait to bring it all together tomorrow night!

Feel free to give us a wave and a toot as you pass by and you’re most welcome to watch from a distance including those that would like to take photos!! 📸🎥
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