Community Programs

The SA Country Fire Service (CFS) Community Education Unit provides information to residents living in high bushfire risk areas by a number of programs.

These programs provide residents with the opportunity to raise their awareness of their bushfire risk, bushfire behaviour, how to protect their house and property, personal safety and bushfire survival planning.

Bushfire Blitz Meeting

Bushfire Blitz meetings are informative and interactive presentations of 45 minutes duration.  The meeting focuses on the area's bushfire risk, bushfire behaviour, how to protect your house and property, personal safety and bushfire survival planning.

Bushfire Ready Meeting

'Bushfire Ready' meetings are an awareness and information session for the general public. These meetings last 90 minutes and focus on the area's bushfire risk, bushfire behaviour, how to protect your house and property, personal safety, bushfire survival planning and include a video and light refreshments.

Community Fire Safe

The Community Fire Safe Program is designed to assist residents living in high bushfire threat areas by forming community action groups.  

These groups may consist of just a few families living in the same street or area who face a common bushfire threat. With the assistance of a CFS Community Education Officer, residents learn about fire behaviour and bushfire preparedness. Community Fire Safe Groups develop survival plans and community strategies that reduce the bushfire threat and increase the community's preparedness.  These meetings are not published publicly.

Community Fire Safe Information Open Day

These Open Days give residents the opportunity to talk to CFS Staff and Volunteers and gather information about Bushfire Survival, Identify Community Assets at Risk from Bushfire and provide suggestions about the Community Plan.  This Presentation will also include the Fire Danger Ratings and Information/Warning Message System.

Bushfire Planning Workshops

These special sessions or "Workshops" are for industry or special interest groups where detailed bushfire information is tailored and structured specifically to suit their purposes

Community Fire Safe Challenge

The Challenge seeks to involve existing Community Fire Safe group members and new residents alike in an entertaining and informative way which challenges them to apply their bushfire safety knowledge.

It provides an opportunity for members of groups across the district to get together and share ideas, issues and concerns, and to feel part of something bigger than their own street.

School Safety Sessions

Presentation sessions within a school cover general safety information with an emphasis on home fires and bushfires.

Land Management Meetings

This style of meeting is designed to assist those who live on a small rural property.The program has two sessions the first is theory followed by a  property inspection, it is beneficial to attend both sessions. Those interested need to contact Ashley on 8556 4188 to confirm their attendance.

Open House Bushfire Ready Meetings

The Open House Forum will give you the opportunity to visit between 2.00PM and 9.00PM to ask questions about how to PREPARE. ACT. SURVIVE this fire danger session.

All welcome, sausage sizzle between 6.00PM and 7.00PM

If you would like further information, please contact the CFS Community Education Unit on 8212 9858 or email community.ed@cfs.sa.gov.au