Stirling Country Fire Service

CFS_Station
station_name = Stirling CFS


caption = The CFS Logo
established = 1948
region = 1
group = Mount Lofty CFS Group
station_classification = Urban / Rural
specialities = Hazmat, Heavy Rescue, Rope Rescue, Enhanced Mutual Aid
members = ~40
appliances = Rescue, 24, 24P, Pumper, Tanker, 12
location = 9 Avenue Road, Stirling
suburbs = Stirling, Stirling East, Crafers, Crafers West, Leawood Gardens, Eagle on the Hill, Cleland
homepage =
footnotes = In an Emergency, dial 000

The Stirling Country Fire Service is the fire service that protects the outer Adelaide, South Australia suburbs of Stirling, Stirling East, Crafers, Crafers West, Eagle on the Hill, Leawood Gardens, Heathfield and Cleland from fire and other emergencies.

About

The brigade is based in a large urban centre with the main structure threats being housing, multi storey complexes, hotels, hospital, aged care facilities, shopping centres, communication facilities and major transport routes. The response area includes large areas of native vegetation, significant park areas, with semi rural residential living. The area has several class B structure risks, and two class A special risks, that is the S-E freeway (M1) and Adelaide-Melbourne railway. The brigade provides specialist roles in Road Crash Rescue and Hazmat that means regularly responding to incidents across the Mt Lofty CFS Group and into neighbouring Groups.

Stirling CFS attended 325 incidents in 2004/05, an increase over 2003/04 and this follows a long-term trend of increasing numbers of incidents. The most significant area of increase is around vehicle related incidents, with the continuing population growth in the hills area coupled with the M1 freeway between Glen Osmond and Crafers, bringing large increases in traffic volumes passing through the Stirling area.

Stirling brigade has a stable membership in excess of forty active fire fighters for the past decade, which has not required active recruitment. This level of membership is in line with the Standards of Fire and Emergency Cover (SFEC) prescription for the brigade and enables the brigade to crew all appliances as required for both local and Strike Team responses.

The brigade is classified as Urban/Rural under the SFEC, with Structural Threat in the top 5% (Policy 1) and Special Services Threat in the top 25% (Policy 3). Three appliances are prescribed where Structural Threat is in the top 5% (Policy 1). The SFEC system provides the basis to ensure CFS’s statutory obligations are met in the most efficient, effective and equitable manner.

Appliances

The Brigade currently has 6 appliances:

tirling Rescue

Manufacture Date: 5/1987
*Toyota Dyna, 5000kg GVM
*Single crew cab chassis – 3 seating
*Hydraulic Rescue Equipment

Current Duties:
*Road Crash Rescue
*Lighting
*Storm Damage

tirling 12

Manufacture Date: 2/1986
*Ford Trader, 6835kg GVM
*Dual Cab – 6 seating
*PTO mid mounted single stage Darley pump – 1000l/min
*2 x 60m hose reels
*1200 litre water capacityCurrent Duties:
*Urban Rural appliance
*Rope rescue
*Backup for Stirling Rescue

tirling 24

Manufacture Date: 10/1993
*Hino Kestral, 9500kg GVM
*Single Cab – 3 seating
*Rear Crew Area
*Engine Driven Pump
*2 x 90m hose reels

Current Duties:
*Rural Appliance
*Strike Team Deployments
*Storm Damage

tirling Tanker

Manufacture Date: 10/1982
*Hino FF Crew Cab – 3 seating, 12500kg GVM
*Water Capacity 7000 litres
*Engine Driven Pump

Current Duties:
*Rural Special
*Strike Team Deployment

tirling Pumper

Manufacture Date: 2003
*Isuzu FTR970, 13000kg GVM
*Dual Cab – 6 seating
*Allison World Series Automatic Transmission
*PTO mid mounted Darley KSP Single Stage Pump 3000l/min
*2 x 60 m hose reels

Current Duties:
*Urban Pumper
*Road Crash Rescue (rapid intervention)
*Hazmat
*Lighting

Brigades in Mt Lofty group

* Aldgate Country Fire Service
* Burnside Country Fire Service
* Bridgewater Country Fire Service
* Bradbury Country Fire Service
* Ironbank Country Fire Service
* Mylor Country Fire Service
* Stirling Country Fire Service
* Upper Sturt Country Fire Service

Brigades in the Heysen group

* Littlehampton Country Fire Service
* Mount Barker Country Fire Service
* Nairne Country Fire Service
* Hahndorf Country Fire Service
* Echunga Country Fire Service
* Meadows Country Fire Service
* Brukunga Country Fire Service
* Macclesfield Country Fire Service

ources

Information quoted from the "Appliance Replacement Strategy 2006" report

SA CFS Promotions unit website [http://www.fire-brigade.asn.au/Station_Display.asp?Service_Code=SACFS&Station_Code=STRL CFS]

ee also

* Country Fire Service
* Country Fire Authority

External links

* [http://www.cfs.org.au Official CFS Webpage ]
* [http://www.safirefighter.com Website for South Australian Fire-fighters]
* [http://www.fire-brigade.asn.au/Station_Display.asp?Service_Code=SACFS&Station_Code=STRL CFS Promotions unit - Stirling page]