The town quickly boasted churches and chapels, a brewery, wind flour mill, court house and police station.

The old Station Master's Residence is now the Southern Districts Workingman's Club and has been substantially remodelled to its current form.

On October 2, 1992, twelve-year-old Rhianna Ann Barreau went missing from her home in Morphett Vale [4] Having never been solved, her case has attracted continued media attention.

Morphett Vale Pumper – This is the station's primary urban response vehicle, it was delivered to the brigade in December 2011.

Some of the specifications include 2000 litre water tank, 750GPM pump with separate high pressure stage, 62m high pressure, hose reel, Modular body design, 5.17m 3 usable locker volume, 60 litre A class foam tank with onboard refill pump, Direct injection foam system.

Morphett Vale 34 – The appliance is built on a four-wheel drive Isuzu FTS800 crew-cab chassis and carries 3000 litres of water.

The appliance is built on a Holden Rodeo tray top utility to which we have fitted a 350-litre water tank and a Darley Snuffer Compressed Air Foam System (CAFS) pump.