House of Assembly: Thursday, April 30, 2020

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State Emergency Service

24 Mr ODENWALDER (Elizabeth) (20 February 2020). What were the average response times for SES taskings in each of the relevant categories, for each month from January 2018 to January 2020 inclusive?

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD (Gibson—Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing): I am advised:

Average response times for South Australian State Emergency Service tasks paged with the highest response priority between January 2018 and January 2020 are as follows:

Aircraft crash 11.3 minutes
Building Collapse (with entrapment) 11 minutes
Building impact (with entrapment) 16.5 minutes
Heavy rescue 9.9 minutes
Rescue—confined space 15.9 minutes
Rescue general—Person trapped 11.1 minutes
Rescue from heights 14.8 minutes
Rescue—Swift water 4.2 minutes
Road Crash rescue 11.8 minutes
Vehicle accident 15.8 minutes
Tree down—on car, with entrapment 15.5 minutes