During the fire danger season (and other times as required) the Department for Education Bushfire and Emergency Hotline provides information regarding planned school closures as a result of bushfire activity.
Below is a list of the 111 South Australian schools that will be closed tomorrow (Wednesday November 20th) due to catastrophic fire danger.
Government school bus services will also be cancelled in all catastrophic bushfire rated districts.
For more information parents can phone: 1800 000 279. A messaging facility is available, which is monitored out of hours.
Sites marked with * will be closed as an additional safety measure.
Eastern Eyre
- Cleve Area School
- Cleve District Children’s Centre
Kangaroo Island
- Kangaroo Island Community Education*
- Kangaroo Island CS Kingscote*
- Parndana Campus
- Penneshaw Kindergarten*
Lower Eyre
- Bishop Kindergarten*
- Kirton Point Children’s Centre*
- Kirton Point Primary School*
- Lake Wangary School
- Lincoln Gardens Primary School
- Poonindie Community Learning Centre
- Poonindie Early Childhood Centre
- Port Lincoln Children’s Centre
- Port Lincoln Special School
- Ungarra Primary School
Mid North
- Blyth Primary School*
- Booborowie Primary School
- Brinkworth Primary School
- Burra Community School
- Burra Early Learning Centre
- Clare High School
- Clare Primary School
- Clare Valley Children’s Centre
- Eudunda Community Preschool
- Gladstone Primary School
- Koolunga Primary School
- Manoora Primary School
- Napperby Primary School
- Saddleworth Early Learning Centre
- Saddleworth Primary School
- Snowtown Primary School
- Spalding Primary School
- Tarlee Primary School
Mount Lofty Ranges
- Aldgate Kindergarten Inc
- Aldgate Primary School
- Arbury Park Outdoor School
- Basket Range Primary School
- Belair Jean Bonython Kindergarten
- Belair Primary School
- Birdwood High School
- Birdwood Primary School
- Blackwood Kindergarten
- Bridgewater Kindergarten Inc
- Bridgewater Primary School
- Clarendon Kindergarten
- Clarendon Primary School
- Coromandel Valley Kindergarten
- Coromandel Valley Primary School
- Crafers Primary School
- Craigburn Primary School
- Echunga Primary School
- Eden Hills Kindergarten
- Eden Hills Primary School
- Evanston Gardens Primary School
- Flagstaff Hill Kindergarten
- Flagstaff Hill R-7 School
- Flagstaff Oval Kindergarten
- Gumeracha Primary School
- Hahndorf Primary School
- Hawthorndene Kindergarten
- Hawthorndene Primary School
- Heathfield High School
- Heathfield Primary School
- Kangarilla Primary School
- Kathleen Mellor Preschool Kgtn
- Kersbrook Primary School
- Lenswood Primary School
- Lobethal Community Kindergarten
- Lobethal Primary School
- Macclesfield Primary School
- Mount Barker Kindergarten Inc
- Mount Barker Primary School
- Mount Compass Area School
- Mount Compass Preschool Centre
- Mount Pleasant & District Kgtn*
- Mount Pleasant Primary School
- Mylor Primary School
- Nairne Primary School
- Norton Summit Primary School
- Oakbank Area School + OSHC*
- One Tree Hill Primary School
- Paracombe Primary School
- Rapid Bay Primary School
- Sandy Creek Primary School
- Scott Creek Primary School
- Springton Primary School*
- Stirling District Kindergarten
- Stirling East Kindergarten
- Stirling East Primary School
- Tea Tree Gully Primary School
- Torrens Valley Children’s Centre*
- Upper Sturt Primary School
- Williamstown Primary School
- Woodside Preschool Playcentre*
- Woodside Primary School*
- Yankalilla Area School
- Yankalilla Community Children’s Ctr
West Coast
- Elliston Area School
- Karcultaby Area School
- Koonibba Aboriginal School and CPC*
- Lock Area School
- Miltaburra Area School
Yorke Peninsula
- Bute Primary School
- Moonta Area School
- Moonta Kindergarten
- Port Broughton Area School
- Port Broughton Kindergarten
- Wallaroo Mines Primary School
- Yorketown Area School
Information about bushfire danger and any ongoing fires can be found in the following locations:
Radio
- Your ABC Local Radio station
- FIVEaa radio (1395AM)
Country Fire Services (CFS)
- Website – http://www.cfs.sa.gov.au/
- Twitter – @cfsalerts
- Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/countryfireservice
- Contacts – CFS regional contact list
Online
- AlertSA
- SA State Emergency Service (SES)
- SA Police
- ABC Emergency News
- Bureau of Meteorology weather warnings website
- SA.gov.au – Bushfire and emergency information
Contact
For information about your schools fire evacuation plans and audit rating, please contact them directly.
For information about departmental processes contact:
Security and Emergency Management team
Phone: 1800 000 279
Email: [email protected]
Information about current fires or fire danger ratings can found via:
Country Fire Service
CFS emergency hotline: 1800 362 361
Website: http://www.cfs.sa.gov.au/site/home.jsp
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/countryfireservice
Twitter: @cfsalerts
Department for Education Emergency Information Hotline
Phone: 1800 000 279
Information from this article has been taken from the South Australia Department of Education website. Up to date contents and info, and related links available here.
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