SAVEM’s Role
SAVEM is a Tier 2 volunteer Emergency Service working in all phases of Emergency Management: Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Recovery, deploying to all hazards emergencies in South Australia. In an Emergency response, SAVEM is activated under legislated State arrangements. SAVEM is a registered Charity and has Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status.
SAVEM’s Response mission is to assess, triage, treat, shelter and return to owners, habitat or suitable long-term care, animals of all species, and assist animal owners and guardians as required. In Prevention and Preparedness, SAVEM’s role is outreach, information and education for at-risk communities, for the purpose of building resilience and disaster risk reduction. In Recovery, SAVEM facilitates community resilience with supporting actions within impacted communities. Field experience is that SAVEM is often the only agency visibly remaining on an incident ground in the transition between response and recovery.
Latest News
SAVEM and the State Recovery NGO Community of Practice
On Friday 23 October, the SAVEM Coordinator attended the Disaster Recovery NGO Community of Practice meeting, held by the Security, Emergency and Recovery Management (SERM) team within the Department of Premier and Cabinet. Approximately three dozen groups heard from...
SAVEM and the California Veterinary Emergency Team (CVET)
In mid October 2026, the SAVEM Coordinator gave a presentation to the California Veterinary Emergency Team (CVET) about veterinary emergency management in South Australia. The CVET team is based at the University of California (Davis) - see...
SAVEM Exercise Respond 2026
The day began in sunshine for Exercise Respond 2026. This year we used a hypothetical bushfire scenario in the Wildland Urban Interface (the WUI) of the Adelaide Hills face. Many Adelaide suburbs are nestled in foothills bushland – an idyllic setting, but potentially...
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