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
Deep Creek fire, Day 23
SAVEM is activated up to and including Sunday March 1, but today may be SAVEM's last day on the Deep Creek fireground, due to heavy rain and storms forecast for the weekend. This will cause animals to seek shelter in largely inaccessible places. Trees may become more...
Deep Creek fire, Day 20
As we begin Week 4 of the SAVEM Deep Creek fire response, we are finding fewer injured animals, but those we do find have the worst injuries. These are animals who have gone into hiding since they were hurt very early in the fire timeline, now coming out seeking water...
Deep Creek fire, Day 18
It's now three weeks since the Deep Creek fire began, two and a half weeks since SAVEM was activated and 15 days SAVEM has spent on fireground. We continue to find injured animals in what have been identified as the hottest and most savage parts of the fireground. We...
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