Unencrypted South Australian emergency service radio as it was received. Transcripts are made by a
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Radio conversation: Adelaide Fire reported smoke in the hospital premises, upgrading to a first alarm sea risk; Adelaide 202 and Woodville 243 acknowledged.
Radio conversation: Adelaide Fire called all oncoming appliances to incident 147, a structure fire at Royal Adelaide Hospital, with incident desk open on command 197.
20:56:0212 days ago
Radio conversation: Adelaide 202 arrived at a structure fire at Royal Adelaide Hospital, liaising with security; Adelaide Fire confirmed fire out.
20:56:1112 days ago
Adelaide 202 arrived: a-risk fire, Royal Adelaide Hospital, large hospital, nothing showing, liaising with security, this will be Royal Command on 19 call
Radio conversation: Prospect 377 is en route to the board and confirmed receipt of 451.
21:00:2312 days ago
Radio conversation: Adelaide 202 was directed to investigate a detector in a lift shaft at the hospital, seeking clarification on its location.
21:00:5812 days ago
Alert SA: Going
21:04:0712 days ago
Radio conversation: Adelaide Fire reported a slight smell of smoke near a lift wall with no visible fire; SAPOL is on site, and hospital management is in the fire control room.
21:09:5212 days ago
Radio conversation: Adelaide 202 acknowledged Woodville 243 crew movement and a manager taking the lift out of AGB mode.
21:16:2312 days ago
Radio conversation: Adelaide 202 reported a single detector activated at Royal Adelaide Hospital, requesting a reset.
21:18:0812 days ago
Radio conversation: Adelaide 202 reported no smoke haze in the shaft, only a faint plastic smell possibly from charges outside the lift.
21:19:4012 days ago
Radio conversation: Adelaide Fire confirmed MFS crews investigated a lift well, identified a device, and attempted a reset with reactivation; hospital management will disable the device.
21:24:2712 days ago
Radio conversation: St Marys 401 reported a stop for incident 153 at Avenue, Cumberland Park, with codes sent.
21:29:4812 days ago
Radio conversation: St Marys 409 and Brooklyn Park 451 confirmed the slink valve room location near Diagonal Road and the food court area.
21:33:4912 days ago
Brooklyn Park 451 arrived: making ways forward call
21:33:4912 days ago
Radio conversation: Brooklyn Park 451 reported 417's arrival and progress; St Marys 409 acknowledged.
21:43:3612 days ago
Alert SA: no longer listed (was Going)
5 pager messages
20:49:30MFS: *CFSRES INC0147 23/10/26 20:49 RESPOND FIRE ALARM, ALARM LEVEL: 1, : @ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL #011/029 LOT 102 NORTH TCE ADELAIDE,MAP:ADL 118 A9,TG C156 T186, :ADL2015 ADL202 BPK451 WDV243 : to 3 capcodes
20:49:39MFS: *CFSRES INC0147 23/10/26 20:49 RESPOND FIRE ALARM, ALARM LEVEL: 1, : @ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL #011/029 LOT 102 NORTH TCE ADELAIDE,MAP:ADL 118 A9,TG C156 T186, ==Location within premises:200M WEST OF WEST TERRACE ON NORTH SIDE OF STREET ==INPUT #1 FIP - NORTHERN FIRE CONTROL ROOM :ADL2015 ADL202 BPK451 WDV243 : to 4 capcodes
20:53:48NOTIFICATION MFS: *CFSRES INC0147 23/10/26 20:53 RESPOND STRUCTURE FIRE, ALARM LEVEL: 1, : @ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL #011/029 LOT 102 NORTH TCE ADELAIDE,MAP:ADL 118 A9,TG C197 T187 T157 , ==Location within premises:200M WEST OF WEST TERRACE ON NORTH SIDE OF STREET ==INPUT #1 FIP - NORTHERN FIRE CONTROL ROOM :ADL2015 ADL202 ADL204 ADL205 ADL206 BPK451 CAR20 CAR30 SMGMTGRP WDV243 : to 1 capcode
20:53:52MFS: *CFSRES INC0147 23/10/26 20:53 RESPOND STRUCTURE FIRE, ALARM LEVEL: 1, : @ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL #011/029 LOT 102 NORTH TCE ADELAIDE,MAP:ADL 118 A9,TG C197 T187 T157 , ==Location within premises:200M WEST OF WEST TERRACE ON NORTH SIDE OF STREET ==INPUT #1 FIP - NORTHERN FIRE CONTROL ROOM :ADL2015 ADL202 ADL204 ADL205 ADL206 BPK451 CAR20 CAR30 SMGMTGRP WDV243 : to 4 capcodes
13 radio conversations, oldest first
Adelaide 202 is on ADL202 (90%)"Adelaide 202" (ADL202) said at 20:52:50 (70%)"2015" (ADL2015) said at 20:52:50 (50%)
150 MFS STRTG 649 · MFS Fri 23 Oct 2026, 20:52:50–20:53:27· 0:21 of audio
Adelaide Fire reported smoke in the hospital premises, upgrading to a first alarm sea risk; Adelaide 202 and Woodville 243 acknowledged.
Attention, attention, all oncoming appliances to incident 147, structure fire, Royal Adelaide Hospital, incident desk is now open on command 197, over.
Adelaide 202 is on ADL202 (90%)"202" (ADL202) said at 20:56:02 (50%)
150 MFS STRTG 649 · MFS Fri 23 Oct 2026, 20:56:02–20:56:35· 0:21 of audio
Adelaide 202 arrived at a structure fire at Royal Adelaide Hospital, liaising with security; Adelaide Fire confirmed fire out.
147, station officer Hansbury, we've arrived, a-risk fire, Royal Adelaide Hospital, large hospital, nothing showing, liaising with security, this will be Royal Command on 19, over.
Adelaide Fire
20:56:30 2.6s
Roger 202 see
Adelaide Fire
20:56:34 0.8s
Fire out
on its paged talkgroup (C197 T187 T157) (80%)"451" (BPK451) said at 20:57:12 (50%)
197 - MFS CQ1TG 1019 · MFS Fri 23 Oct 2026, 20:57:12–20:57:38· 0:21 of audio
Prospect 377 is en route to the board and confirmed receipt of 451.
31 to 015, Mr. 4 here, we've got a single detector at the bottom of the lift shaft, we've got crew in there at the moment, we've determined exactly what it is, I'll remain at 451, you can come here and join me.
Prospect 377
20:57:33 3.0s
Roger, we're heading to the board, over.
Prospect 377
20:57:37 1.2s
451
Adelaide 204 is on ADL204 (90%)on its paged talkgroup (C197 T187 T157) (80%)"Care 30" (CAR30) said at 21:00:53 (70%)"204" (ADL204) said at 21:00:40 (50%)
197 - MFS CQ1TG 1019 · MFS Fri 23 Oct 2026, 21:00:23–21:03:36· 1:27 of audio
Adelaide 202 was directed to investigate a detector in a lift shaft at the hospital, seeking clarification on its location.
Commander Kutmo to all appliances, other than the initial two arrival pumps, crew 2.3 can come in, other than the initial three DP's, crew to stay with appliances for now.
Adelaide 204
21:00:40 1.9s
204, copy.
5271080
21:00:43 2.5s
206, copy.
5270493
21:00:53 2.3s
Car 30 acknowledge
5270707
21:01:10 4.2s
Station, Mr. Hansbury from Commander Coombe over
Adelaide 202
21:01:16 1.9s
Yeah, receiving.
5270707
21:01:21 18.1s
Yeah, Mick, at this point, I'll just appoint you the investigation, the sector, you'll be the sector commander on, I think it's 157 you're on, your objectives will be to investigate the area, I'll take over and have command of the board, and we'll have all other people staged until we hear otherwise of it.
Adelaide 202
21:01:41 21.2s
Yeah, roger that. Security have taken us to the lift. It's a detector in a lift shaft. We can't know at the moment. Station officer care at the board. Do you have a better indication of where this detector may be, as in what level? Over.
5271064
21:02:05 8.9s
The level indication on the plan is only one. I will look through the entire block plan to see if you're a better level.
Adelaide 202
21:02:19 2.6s
I just did that.
Adelaide 204
21:02:48 1.5s
Roger received
5270879
21:03:14 4.2s
(no speech recognised)
5270879
21:03:20 1.0s
(no speech recognised)
5270879
21:03:34 2.5s
04, are you receiving?
Adelaide 204 is on ADL204 (90%)on its paged talkgroup (C197 T187 T157) (80%)"204" (ADL204) said at 21:04:07 (50%)
197 - MFS CQ1TG 1019 · MFS Fri 23 Oct 2026, 21:04:07–21:07:17· 1:51 of audio
Adelaide Fire reported a slight smell of smoke near a lift wall with no visible fire; SAPOL is on site, and hospital management is in the fire control room.
Yeah, can you have your lift keys brought to the FIP, over.
Adelaide 204
21:04:27 2.8s
Roger, wilco, standby.
5270879
21:04:31 3.5s
SO Thomas to SO Hands for you receiving
Adelaide 202
21:04:35 1.7s
Yeah Receiving
5270879
21:04:38 13.2s
Yeah, Tackles, we've had success in viewing these statistics before by using the lift keys to open the doors after sending the lift to a higher level, over.
Adelaide 202
21:04:54 2.8s
That's a good idea.
5270879
21:04:58 12.0s
Just actually gaining the lift keys for 204 to give us some options, and then we can bring them forward to you if you want to. Have you identified which lift shaft it is over?
Adelaide 202
21:05:12 15.8s
Yeah, we've identified the lift shaft with those plans. There's a very slight smell of plastic, maybe. Yeah, a lift key would be fantastic. Over.
5270879
21:05:36 3.2s
Yeah, copy that.
Adelaide 202
21:05:43 1.2s
Yeah, good stuff.
Adelaide 202
21:05:50 3.5s
Do you have security in the board that can bring the lift key here?
5270879
21:05:56 1.5s
Yeah, affirmative.
5270707
21:06:11 1.2s
(no speech recognised)
Adelaide Fire
21:06:16 2.3s
Incident desk receiving, send, Royal command
5270707
21:06:20 22.4s
We've got one device having activated in a place of a lift wall, crews are just accessing the lift to investigate, there's a slight smoke and no other sign of smoke or fire at this point, greater to the lift wall over
Adelaide Fire
21:06:49 7.1s
Activated inlet, well, crews, assessing lids, was a slight smell of smoke, but no other sign of smoke 44, over.
5270707
21:06:57 11.8s
Roger, thank you, further, that's 360 not completed, it's not isolated, we have hospital management with us in the fire control room, we'll have SAPOL on site over
Adelaide Fire
21:07:15 1.9s
Roger received, into the desk over
Adelaide 202 is on ADL202 (90%)on its paged talkgroup (C197 T187 T157) (80%)"Woodville 243" (WDV243) said at 21:09:58 (70%)
197 - MFS CQ1TG 1019 · MFS Fri 23 Oct 2026, 21:09:52–21:10:40· 0:24 of audio
Adelaide 202 acknowledged Woodville 243 crew movement and a manager taking the lift out of AGB mode.
Yeah, just for information, the Woodville 243 crew are making their way with...✓ checked
Adelaide 202
21:10:15 8.7s
Yeah, roger, we've also got a manager here who's taking the lift out of AGB mode.✓ checked
5270707
21:10:31 5.5s
Roger, thanks, you're getting up to the top, supply✓ checked
Adelaide 202
21:10:39 0.8s
(no speech)✓ checked
Adelaide 202 is on ADL202 (90%)on its paged talkgroup (C197 T187 T157) (80%)"Car 30" (CAR30) said at 21:17:05 (70%)"206" (ADL206) said at 21:17:05 (50%)
197 - MFS CQ1TG 1019 · MFS Fri 23 Oct 2026, 21:16:23–21:17:19· 0:30 of audio
Adelaide 202 reported a single detector activated at Royal Adelaide Hospital, requesting a reset.
Put a lift up to 5 and open it manually. We've just seen one detector illuminated. You've only got the one detector activated on the board still. Over.
5271064
21:16:49 1.5s
Yeah, that's correct.
Adelaide 202
21:16:52 6.8s
Yeah, roger that. We've got no apparent cause for activation. You can go for a reset. Over.
5271064
21:17:01 1.5s
Roger wilco
5270707
21:17:05 3.2s
Car 30, 206, you can go.
5270493
21:17:12 1.0s
(no speech recognised)
5271080
21:17:16 3.2s
206, mark
Adelaide 202 is on ADL202 (90%)on its paged talkgroup (C197 T187 T157) (80%)
197 - MFS CQ1TG 1019 · MFS Fri 23 Oct 2026, 21:18:08–21:19:06· 0:35 of audio
Adelaide 202 reported no smoke haze in the shaft, only a faint plastic smell possibly from charges outside the lift.
We've thoroughly investigated that shaft. We've opened it up. We can see all the way to the bottom of the shaft to the top of the shaft. There's no smoke haze. The only smell I had was a very, very faint smell of plastic. On-site staff here advise that that could be the smell from the charges that are on the wall outside the lift. Over.
5270707
21:19:05 1.4s
Roger, thank you.
Adelaide 202 is on ADL202 (90%)on its paged talkgroup (C197 T187 T157) (80%)"243" (WDV243) said at 21:20:16 (50%)
197 - MFS CQ1TG 1019 · MFS Fri 23 Oct 2026, 21:19:40–21:21:47· 1:25 of audio
Adelaide Fire confirmed MFS crews investigated a lift well, identified a device, and attempted a reset with reactivation; hospital management will disable the device.
Yeah Roger, once you return down to the fire control room, 243 is clear to go over.✓ checked
5271051
21:20:23 2.8s
Sir, thank you, out.✓ checked
5270707
21:20:27 1.9s
Incident desk, command✓ checked
Adelaide Fire
21:20:30 1.9s
Incident desk receiving send✓ checked
5270707
21:20:33 26.8s
Not sure what you caught of that. MFS crews have investigated the lift well thoroughly, they've moved the lift up, they have identified the device that activated it, at this point no apparent cause, a reset was attempted but it's reactivated, we're liaising with hospital management around disabling that device, notifying them to have alarm technicians and lift technicians to investigate at the earliest opportunity. Over.✓ checked
Adelaide Fire
21:21:05 15.9s
Roger, receive, welcome, did receive, MFS crews have investigated lift well, you have ID, the address will device, no cause, reset was attempted, reactivation occurred, management will be disabling the singular device, and we'll have to notify tech at their earliest convenience, over.✓ checked
5270707
21:21:22 9.3s
Yeah, roger, thank you, and appliances are systematically being released. I'll leave it with the first arrival to do codes and appropriate alarms, stuff over.✓ checked
Adelaide Fire
21:21:35 3.5s
Roger, received, can we close the incident desk, over?✓ checked
5270707
21:21:39 3.2s
Thank you, you can close down.✓ checked
Adelaide Fire
21:21:46 1.2s
Incident desk out✓ checked
"Adelaide 2015" (ADL2015) said at 21:24:27 (70%)"2015" (ADL2015) said at 21:24:45 (50%)
150 MFS STRTG 649 · MFS Fri 23 Oct 2026, 21:24:27–21:25:26· 0:28 of audio
St Marys 401 reported a stop for incident 153 at Avenue, Cumberland Park, with codes sent.