Kangaroo Island State Emergency Service

22/06/2026

Happy World Music Day from the State Emergency Service! Couldn’t find the band either

15/05/2026

Kangaroo Island State Emergency Service will be conducting Night Drone search and rescue operations
RPAS in KINGSCOTE
Tonight Friday 15th the drone will be flying outside the main township area .

08/05/2026

The KI SES volunteer crew will be in the main street again this year on wednesday 20th May saying Hello and spotting anyone wearing orange to get a photos. The team had a great time last year and were overwhelmed by the gratitude shown by the community it definately went a long way to giving the crew the extra drive to keep striving to help. thank you all for thanking us😁
This is a great oppertunity to meet the team who help support the community.

28/04/2026

The Kangaroo Island State Emergency Service (SES) conducted a multi-day training exercise utilizing the new Matrice 4TD Remote Pilot Aircraft System (RPAS). The team employed its utility terrain vehicle (UTV) and search teams in a simulated search for two missing teenagers. The UTV team navigated the beach, leveraging thermal imaging to attempt to locate the teens, while a search team traversed the edge of the dunes, searching for tracks and listening for responses. The Matrice 4TD RPAS was deployed with 4 pilots and a support crew member, utilizing thermal imaging, near-infrared imaging, spotlight, and camera to search the dunes. The RPAS team successfully located several targets, including wildlife, before identifying the teens near the creek mouth. The RPAS team coordinated with the UTV and land search team to converge on the teens and executed a rescue using a Stokes litter to extricate one of the teens with a simulated broken leg. The team completed the rescue in approximately 40 minutes. Following the successful location of the teens the search teams operated autonomously, performing the rescue flawlessly. This exercise served as a final assessment for the mostly new members, finalizing their toolkit training and putting into action land search training as well as RPAS pilot training. A video highlighting the exercise has been compiled.
If you would like to learn more about joining the SES team, please follow the first link in the comments

Kangaroo Island SES Search and rescue Exercise finding wonton

22/04/2026

Kangaroo Island SES will undertake comprehensive training exercises involving RPAS (Drone) operations at Emu Bay from 1800 hours on Wednesday, 22nd to 2300 hours on Saturday, 25th. Training flights will operate daily from 0800 to 2300 hours at a maximum altitude of 390 feet. These exercises aim to train SES pilots in RPAS operations.