SA’s CFS is completing a generational upgrade of its fire tankers fleet. Photo: QFES Ten new 4WD fire tanker trucks are rolling out to South Australian Country Fire Service (CFS) brigades as part of a generational upgrade of its vehicles. Each new 24P tanker truck, at $520,000 a vehicle, can carry up to 2000 litres…
Adelaide homeowners have been warned to be on their guard against fake ‘tree loppers’. Photo: stock Adelaide homeowners have been warned to be on their guard against fake arborists threatening healthy trees on their property. The South Government says that they have been receiving reports of teams of people going door-to-door claiming to be “tree…
Photo: supplied Eight new AI cameras for SA’s south-east Limestone Coast region is expected to bolster early bushfire detection and firefighting responses. The Pano AI system is part of a state government $2.346 million upgrade of their forest fire tower network. Overseen by the Green Triangle Fire Alliance (GTFA), the eight ultra-HD 360-degree panoramic cameras,…
Picture: stock South Australia’s newest port, and Australia’s first to be named after the traditional land and sea custodians, has just opened for business. The Port of Narungga is near the existing Wallaroo Port and can process up to 500,000 tonnes of grain annually, the SA government says. Wallaroo Harbour has now been divided into…
Picture: stock Experienced Canadian officers are the target of South Australian Police’s (SAPOL) latest overseas recruitment campaign. The SA government says experienced Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers will be targeted based on campaigns used in the UK, Ireland and New Zealand. Any RCMP recruits will be fast-tracked to get them into service as soon as…