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South Australia’s Country Fire Service volunteer numbers have slowly declined every year since 2015 – but the CFS says the worrying trend has had no impact on firefighting capabilities and the nation’s bushfire crisis has prompted many new inquiries about joining up this season.
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Two army helicopters will arrive on Kangaroo Island on Monday to ship in vital supplies to remote parts of the fire-ravaged island.
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UPDATED | Three emergency warnings are now in place for the bushfire-ravaged Kangaroo Island, with residents of Vivonne Bay and Parndana advised to leave their homes as authorities battle with severe conditions.
A person has died, several properties damaged or destroyed and many others remain under threat from serious bushfires burning near Adelaide.
Authorities say it is “remarkable” no one has died from an out-of-control bushfire burning on the lower Yorke Peninsula, with 11 properties destroyed or impacted and 33 people injured during “unprecedented” conditions.
Opposition emergency services spokesman Duncan McFetridge has moved to hose down a rift with State Emergency Service volunteers, after an incensed social media post from the Sturt SES branch – since removed – deemed him “unsuitable to represent” emergency workers in government or opposition.
