AIRCRAFT EXTENSIONS AND MAJOR INCIDENTS

$11.1 million in 2024-25 for the extension of aerial firefighting aircraft availability in line with bushfire risk and costs associated with significant fire events.

STRUCTURAL FIREFIGHTER TRAINING

$5.9 million over four years to improve training for Country Fire Service volunteers responding to structural fires.

STATE BUSHFIRE RISK MAPPING REDEVELOPMENT

$2.8 million over four years to improve bushfire risk mapping based on automated modelling of the likely bushfire impacts.

REMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT PROGRAM

$2 million over four years for the ongoing replacement of remotely piloted aircraft (drones) used by the State Emergency Service in emergency incidents to provide reconnaissance, intelligence gathering and hazard assessment.

BUSHFIRE HAZARD OVERLAY CODE AMENDMENT

$859 000 over three years for development assessment activity associated with changes to the statewide bushfire hazard overlay code amendment.

VOLUNTEER MARINE RESCUE – ADDITIONAL SUPPORT

$687 000 over three years to continue supporting the state’s Volunteer Marine Rescue associations in providing their rescue capability.

JET RESCUE BOAT REPLACEMENT

$250 000 in 2025-26 towards the replacement of Surf Life Saving South Australia’s Lifesaver 3 jet rescue boat.

EMERGENCY SERVICES LEVY

The Emergency Services Levy bill for a median valued metropolitan residential property will increase by 4.2 per cent in 2025-26.