Salvos team up to prep for possible NT floods, feed fire crews in SA

SAES volunteers from New South Wales have travelled to Darwin to assist teams on the ground at the evacuation centre. Image: Supplied

BY KIRRALEE NICOLLE

With possible flooding on its way towards Darwin, a Salvation Army team have been providing meals and refreshments to evacuees. Concurrently, in the southern part of the SA/NT Division, corps and SAES personnel have been collaborating to feed crews fighting ongoing bushfires south of Adelaide.

With 300 being fed each mealtime at the Darwin evacuation centre, a team of four have deployed from New South Wales to assist Darwin Corps Officer Major Kim Hawke, Area Officer Major Kaye Viney and corps volunteers, who have already been serving on site for more than seven days.

In South Australia, where bushfires have been burning for the past week near Yankalilla on the Fleurieu Peninsula, SAES teams have been feeding hundreds of fire personnel each mealtime, with numbers at times reaching 440. The team has now been on location serving meals for 11 days.

Newly-appointed Corps Officer at Victor Harbor Corps, Lieutenant Colette Albino, joined the team on Monday to provide assistance at Yankalilla.

Colette Albino with fellow volunteers at the Yankalilla fire response. Image: Facebook

The South Australian team has also been assisted by local community groups, including a team organised by Independent candidate for the seat of Finniss Bronwyn Lewis, Fleurieu Foods, Fast Eddies and the Lions Club of Yankalilla and District.

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