Get bushfire-ready before danger season, CFS captain warns
Fire danger season will start on November 1 for the Murraylands community as spring comes with an increased fire risk.

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Recent dry weather and predicated higher temperatures for summer mean locals are being urged to prepare early.
For the Murraylands, fire danger season will begin on November 1, 2024 and go through to April 30, 2025.
Permits will be required for most burning activities, with bans on rubbish burning, pizza ovens, welding supplies, bonfires and fireworks.
Around a third of South Australians living in bushfire risk areas incorrectly think they don’t live in a bushfire risk area, according to
Murray Bridge Country Fire Service captain Jiron Blacket said the main thing people could do to prepare was cleaning up around their properties.
"Clearing away things around your home that will increase fuel load such as grass, rubbish, vegetation, and gutter blockage is the easiest thing to do," he said.
"The fact that it's dry already [means people] need to be ahead of the time."
It was important not only to have a bushfire ready plan, but also to share that plan with relatives and loved ones.
"If your parents or other family members know your plan to go to a certain place, then that's where they know where to look," Mr Blacket said.
On the back of the 2022-23 floods, the CFS had had quite a busy and different workload recently, he said.
"At the moment we have 32 volunteers but I would like 38 to 40 ... just to share the workload," he said.
"It's a pretty straight forward process and we encourage anyone to come down and volunteer."
Murray Bridge CFS holds trainings each Tuesday night and its doors are open to anyone who wants to give it a go.
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As well as the November 1 start in the Murraylands, the SA Country Fire Service has declared the fire danger season will start three weeks early for the Lower South East, and two weeks early for the Eastern Eyre and Upper South East districts.
The emergency management committee of state cabinet met with emergency services, the Bureau of Meteorology and CFS on Thursday to hear advice regarding this fire season.
From this the CFS have flagged the far west, south east and mid west as areas of concern for fire.
Emergency Services Minister Dan Cregan said landowners and residents needed not to be complacent and to prepare for the upcoming bushfire season.
CFS Chief Officer Brett Loughlin said staying safe from bushfires was a shared responsibility between the CFS and local communities.
"With a forecasted hot and dry summer, it’s really important for people to prepare their properties and make or review their bushfire survival plans for the upcoming fire danger season," he said.
"Now is the time for you and your family to review or create a bushfire survival plan, which includes the care and transport of pets and livestock before, during and after a fire."
The CFS will launch its annual "Be Bushfire Ready" campaign at the end of this month, educating and supporting communities to stay safe.
The campaign will continue to target those living, working and travelling through bushfire risk areas.
South Australians are urged to have greater awareness of fire danger ratings, and use the CFS website and Alert SA app to stay informed.
- More information: www.cfs.sa.gov.au/plan-prepare.
- Express an interest in volunteering with Murray Bridge CFS: Contact 0457 560 125 or email murraybridgecfs@gmail.com.