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INC0070 · Thu 29 Oct 2026COMPLETECFS
Summary Grass fire, Chapel Hill: 2nd alarm; burn off spread into scrub, resident concerned flare up later. 150m² burnt, water on site. Mylor 34 clear 13:20. · written Thu 29 Oct 14:34
Radio conversation: Mylor 34 requested another unit be sent and will advise if the fire can be stopped.
12:22:446 days ago
Radio conversation: Adelaide Fire requested one additional appliance; Mount Lofty Group Duty Officer confirmed and suggested a tangle line.
12:23:496 days ago
Radio conversation: Mylor 34 acknowledged attachment to incident 0070 and reported Yutunga 34 attached, model 34 out.
12:24:486 days ago
Level: 1 → 2; Added ECHG34 R1_STONHAM
12:29:526 days ago
Radio conversation: Mylor 34 arrived at Chapel Hill Road and Strathalbyn Road, reporting a small fire in the bushes and requesting a SITREP in two minutes.
Mylor 34 arrived: on scene. It is at the corner of Chapel Hill Road and Strathalbyn Road. There is a small fire that appears to have been started in the bushes. We are taking a … call
12:33:326 days ago
Radio conversation: Mylor 34 reported receiving but nothing was recognised.
12:34:296 days ago
Radio conversation: Mylor 34 requested an additional resource from Echunga, which was unavailable, and a crew member, with Echunga Captain confirming ETA of five minutes.
12:38:296 days ago
Radio conversation: Echunga 34 and Echunga 14 reported not required for incident 70; Adelaide Fire thanked them.
12:39:226 days ago
Radio conversation: Mylor 34 reported a small grass fire on a slope, not moving, closer to a blacking out operation.
12:41:446 days ago
Radio conversation: Mylor 34 established Chapel Hill control, awaiting Echunga 34's arrival to assess if a bulky is needed.
12:47:486 days ago
Message: ECHUNGA CFS HAS BEEN PLACED OUT OF SERVICE FOR 60 MINUTES DUE TO INABILITY TO CREW FOR INC070 & INC076. A DEFAULT UNIT HAS BEEN DISPATCHED.
12:47:526 days ago
Radio conversation: Mylor 34 requested additional appliances for incident 076; Mount Lofty Group Duty Officer advised handoff to Echunga, recommending caution and a sitrep on arrival.
12:53:316 days ago
Radio conversation: Hahndorf 24 will be mobile to Shack Road in approximately two minutes.
12:54:366 days ago
Radio conversation: Mylor 34P reported burning off with small rubbish piles, requested a stop call on Hahndorf and to contact SAPOL and landowners.
Radio conversation: Mylor 34 requested assistance with blacking out on a grass fire at Chapel Hill Road, Hahndorf 24 offered support, and priority 2 was assigned to incident 070.
13:05:116 days ago
Radio conversation: Mylor 34 reported to Lofty duty officer, confirming arrival at Chapel Hill Rd/Diggings Rd Chapel Hill grass fire.
13:07:006 days ago
Radio conversation: Mylor 34P reported to Lofty duty officer, confirming arrival at Chapel Hill Rd/Diggings Rd Chapel Hill grass fire.
13:09:156 days ago
Radio conversation: Mylor 34P reported blacking out after a vial burnt and the landowner put it out.
13:09:266 days ago
Mylor 34 SITREP: we do need to do some blacking out, I don't know if you copied the last few messages call
13:10:106 days ago
🌤️Weather (Mount Barker): 13°C, wind E 7 km/h, 81% RH
13:10:106 days ago
Mylor 34 SITREP: was, the vial had burnt, the landowner had put it out, but we're just doing some blackening out call
13:14:036 days ago
Radio conversation: Mylor 34 reported a grass fire at Chapel Hill Rd/Diggings Rd Chapel Hill, with Hahndorf 24 on site, 150 square metres burnt, and water on site.
13:14:136 days ago
Mylor 34 SITREP: for 070, we now have Mount, sorry, Hahndorf 24 is on site, we have a couple of hose lays out, blacking out from the head and the toe of the fire, no additional … call
12:09:56MFS: *CFSRES INC0070 29/10/26 12:09 RESPOND GRASS FIRE, ALARM LEVEL: 1, CHAPEL HILL RD/DIGGINGS RD CHAPEL HILL,MAP:ADL 170 K15,TG 136, ==BURN OFF SPREAD A BIT INTO SCRUB, RESIDENT CONCERNED MIGHT FLARE UP LATER :AIRDESK5 MYLR34 : to 2 capcodes
12:10:00NOTIFICATION MFS: *CFSRES INC0070 29/10/26 12:09 RESPOND GRASS FIRE, ALARM LEVEL: 1, CHAPEL HILL RD/DIGGINGS RD CHAPEL HILL,MAP:ADL 170 K15,TG 136, ==BURN OFF SPREAD A BIT INTO SCRUB, RESIDENT CONCERNED MIGHT FLARE UP LATER :AIRDESK5 MYLR34 : to 1 capcode
12:24:48MFS: *CFSRES INC0070 29/10/26 12:24 RESPOND GRASS FIRE, ALARM LEVEL: 2, CHAPEL HILL RD/DIGGINGS RD CHAPEL HILL,MAP:ADL 170 K15,TG 136, ==BURN OFF SPREAD A BIT INTO SCRUB, RESIDENT CONCERNED MIGHT FLARE UP LATER :AIRDESK5 ECHG34 MYLR34 R1_STONHAM : to 2 capcodes
12:24:51NOTIFICATION MFS: *CFSRES INC0070 29/10/26 12:24 RESPOND GRASS FIRE, ALARM LEVEL: 2, CHAPEL HILL RD/DIGGINGS RD CHAPEL HILL,MAP:ADL 170 K15,TG 136, ==BURN OFF SPREAD A BIT INTO SCRUB, RESIDENT CONCERNED MIGHT FLARE UP LATER :AIRDESK5 ECHG34 MYLR34 R1_STONHAM : to 1 capcode
12:47:48MFS: ECHUNGA CFS HAS BEEN PLACED OUT OF SERVICE FOR 60 MINUTES DUE TO INABILITY TO CREW FOR INC070 & INC076. A DEFAULT UNIT HAS BEEN DISPATCHED. to 2 capcodes
24 radio conversations, oldest first
"incident 70" said at 12:19:58 (90%)Mylor 34 is on MYLR34 (90%)"Mylor 34" (MYLR34) said at 12:19:46 (70%)
124 R1 DISPATCHTG 591 · CFS Thu 29 Oct 2026, 12:19:46–12:20:07· 0:13 of audio
Lofty duty, for info, it's Myler 34, we're mobile to incident 070, a grass fire that looks, may have travelled into the scrub, we've only got two people on board, we'll have a quick look, and if we need some help, we'll call you to get some additional help, over.tentative
Mount Lofty Group Duty Officer
12:21:00 4.6s
Roger model you're mobile, duty officer monitoring, duty officer out.
Mount Lofty Group Duty Officer
12:21:13 7.5s
Mylor 34, affirmative, are you happy to travel with us too, or were you just going to send the criminal brigade down?
Mylor 34
12:21:28 3.9s
I missed that, so can you repeat, over?
Mount Lofty Group Duty Officer
12:21:33 7.7s
Are you happy to attend with a crew of two, given the report, or would you like another brigade turned out now, over?
Mylor 34
12:21:53 8.6s
Yeah, dispatch another unit now and we'll advise as soon as we get there if they can be stopped. Over.
12:22:01 1.0s
(no speech recognised)
Mount Lofty Group Duty Officer
12:22:04 2.6s
Roger, wilco, duty officer out
"incident 70" said at 12:23:11 (90%)Mount Lofty Group Duty Officer (5215378) made calls on this incident (60%)
124 R1 DISPATCHTG 591 · CFS Thu 29 Oct 2026, 12:22:44–12:23:45· 0:37 of audio
Adelaide Fire requested one additional appliance; Mount Lofty Group Duty Officer confirmed and suggested a tangle line.
Mylor 34, for your information, Adelaide Fire will attach Echunga to this job as well, over.
Mylor 34
12:23:59 7.3s
Acknowledge that, Yutunga 34 attached to the incident, model 34 out.
"incident 70" said at 12:30:29 (90%)Mylor 34 is on MYLR34 (90%)on its paged talkgroup (136) (80%)Echunga Station is ECHG_STN, the station of ECHG34 (70%)"Mylor 34" (MYLR34) said at 12:31:02 (70%)
136 Mt Lofty 1TG 563 · CFS Thu 29 Oct 2026, 12:29:52–12:32:04· 1:09 of audio
Mylor 34 arrived at Chapel Hill Road and Strathalbyn Road, reporting a small fire in the bushes and requesting a SITREP in two minutes.
Yeah, trying to wake the other crew for incident 70, but I'm aware that you are short crewed if you want, I can actually join your crew on site on scene.
Mount Lofty Group Duty Officer
12:30:45 10.7s
Yeah, roger, standby at this stage, crews are still heading to the scene to investigate, it doesn't sound like it's going to be much, but probably just standby at this stage, over.
Echunga Station
12:30:56 3.5s
Roger, Wilco.
Mylor 34
12:31:02 5.3s
Lofty Group Duty Officer, this is Mylor 34, over.
Mount Lofty Group Duty Officer
12:31:08 1.9s
Myor 34 send
Mylor 34
12:31:11 24.8s
We've just arrived on scene. It is at the corner of Chapel Hill Road and Strathalbyn Road. There is a small fire that appears to have been started in the bushes. We are taking a closer inspection and we'll report further in two minutes. Over.
Mount Lofty Group Duty Officer
12:31:38 7.7s
Roger, received, for your information, Echunga are unable to crew, do you want me to get an extra gate rolling over?
Mylor 34
12:31:49 10.0s
Based on what we've seen, I think you can afford to wait two minutes until we've actually been able to close what we're dealing with, over.
Mount Lofty Group Duty Officer
12:32:00 3.9s
Roger, received, I'll wait your SITREP, duty officer out
Mylor 34 is on MYLR34 (90%)"Mylor 34" (MYLR34) said at 12:33:32 (70%)
124 R1 DISPATCHTG 591 · CFS Thu 29 Oct 2026, 12:33:32–12:34:16· 0:09 of audio
Mylor 34 reported receiving but nothing was recognised.
Lofty Duty Officer, this is Mylor 34, receiving, over.
Adelaide Fire
12:33:43 1.7s
Adelaide Fire receiving.
Mylor 34
12:34:15 1.0s
(no speech recognised)
Mylor 34 is on MYLR34 (90%)on its paged talkgroup (136) (80%)"Mylor 34" (MYLR34) said at 12:34:29 (70%)Echunga Station is ECHG_STN, the station of ECHG34 (70%)
136 Mt Lofty 1TG 563 · CFS Thu 29 Oct 2026, 12:34:29–12:35:48· 1:01 of audio
Mylor 34 requested an additional resource from Echunga, which was unavailable, and a crew member, with Echunga Captain confirming ETA of five minutes.
For your information, that additional jobs has come through, incident 076, Adelaide Fire are going to turn out the next nearest brigade, you don't have to worry about that one, over.
Mylor 34
12:39:50 17.2s
Roger that. Sitrep for this incident. We have a small fire on a slope. It's essentially not moving and it's closer to a blacking out operation. Over.
Mount Lofty Group Duty Officer
12:40:09 4.4s
Roger, your SITREP received, duty officer out.
Mylor 34 is on MYLR34 (90%)"Mylor 34" (MYLR34) said at 12:41:44 (70%)on its paged talkgroup (136); 1 other incident(s) open there (30%)
136 Mt Lofty 1TG 563 · CFS Thu 29 Oct 2026, 12:41:44–12:42:37· 0:45 of audio
Mylor 34 established Chapel Hill control, awaiting Echunga 34's arrival to assess if a bulky is needed.
Just establishing Chapel Hill control. We have a reasonably large area to black out. We'll await the arrival of Echunga 34 before we decide if a bulky is required. They also have water available at site. Over.
Mount Lofty Group Duty Officer
12:42:22 8.6s
Mobile 34, over to that, Echunga 34 are attending, they've got crew over, they'll have their captain attending.
Mylor 34
12:42:33 3.7s
Roger that, our captain has arrived, over.
Mylor 34 is on MYLR34 (90%)"Mylor 34" (MYLR34) said at 12:47:55 (70%)on its paged talkgroup (136); 1 other incident(s) open there (30%)
136 Mt Lofty 1TG 563 · CFS Thu 29 Oct 2026, 12:47:52–12:49:32· 1:05 of audio
Mylor 34 requested additional appliances for incident 076; Mount Lofty Group Duty Officer advised handoff to Echunga, recommending caution and a sitrep on arrival.
Incident 076, we've only got two crew on board, so we'll report back, we'll need additional appliances to attend, or at least one additional appliance to attend, over.
Mount Lofty Group Duty Officer
12:48:47 10.0s
Roger, receive your mobile 076, for your information, handoff have now been responded as Echunga can't crew over
Mylor 34
12:48:58 8.2s
Do you recommend that we respond with two crew or put a stop call on our appliance over
Mount Lofty Group Duty Officer
12:49:09 9.3s
I'll leave that at your discretion, given the weather conditions, probably wouldn't hurt to go just have a quick look, shouldn't be going too hard all in a thought over.
Mylor 34
12:49:18 3.4s
Roger, we'll go and have a look, as per your suggestion, over.
Mount Lofty Group Duty Officer
12:49:23 7.1s
Roger, but when you arrive, please proceed with extreme caution and give us a sitrep on arrival, over.
Mylor 34
12:49:31 1.0s
over
on its paged talkgroup (136); 1 other incident(s) open there (30%)
136 Mt Lofty 1TG 563 · CFS Thu 29 Oct 2026, 12:53:31–12:53:51· 0:16 of audio
Hahndorf 24 will be mobile to Shack Road in approximately two minutes.
Somebody burning off, it's nothing serious, just small piles of rubbish being burnt, so you can put a stop call on the other appliance, I will have a chat to the SAPOL who's on site and the landowners and report back, over.
Mount Lofty Group Duty Officer
12:55:37 7.1s
Roger, your arrival received and stop on Hahndorf, out to you, Hahndorf 24, do you copy the last, over.
Lofty duty officer, this is Mylor 34P, over.tentative
Mylor 34
12:59:37 4.2s
Lofty duty officer, this is Mylor 34P, over.
Mylor 34 is on MYLR34 (90%)"incident 70" said at 13:02:54 (90%)"Mylor 34" (MYLR34) said at 13:00:20 (70%)on its paged talkgroup (136); 1 other incident(s) open there (30%)
136 Mt Lofty 1TG 563 · CFS Thu 29 Oct 2026, 13:00:20–13:03:49· 2:09 of audio
Mylor 34 requested assistance with blacking out on a grass fire at Chapel Hill Road, Hahndorf 24 offered support, and priority 2 was assigned to incident 070.
Mylor 34P, this is Mylor 34 at Chapel Hill Road, over.
Mylor 34
13:00:35 2.6s
Send Mylor 34, over.
Mylor 34
13:00:39 9.3s
If you could attend this incident, we are very short on crew and have a reasonable amount of blacking out to do, over.
Mylor 34
13:00:50 22.4s
We also have a bit of blacking out to do, so I will complete our job here, and then I'll get back to you on whether we can be of further assistance to you. You might want to get the group officer involved, duty officer involved, and get another appliance if you need additional assistance. Over.tentative
Mylor 34
13:01:15 15.8s
Roger that, no assistance, no need to mobilise another vehicle, we will deal with what we've got, if you can come and assist after you're done, that would be great, otherwise, Chapel Hill Road, out.
Mylor 34
13:01:33 8.6s
Roger that. We will follow up if we can. Over.
Hahndorf 24
13:01:50 3.7s
Chapel Hill Road, this is Hahndorf 24, over.
5213671
13:01:58 3.5s
Send Hahndorf 24.
Hahndorf 24
13:02:03 8.0s
Hahndorf 24 is just back at station, but if you do need a hand with a bit of blacking out and some extra water that you want to get us added to that job, over.
5213671
13:02:13 12.9s
Yeah, Hahndorf 24, this is Echunga Captain, if you're available, yeah, let's take you, yeah, we've got about 150 metres left of some pretty dense stuff, we can definitely make this a lot quicker.
Hahndorf 24
13:02:28 6.6s
Roger, Echunga Captain, if we can get his bulkhead onto this job, we'll see you as soon as we're there, over.
5213671
13:02:35 2.6s
Roger, Wilco, roger.
Mount Lofty Group Duty Officer
13:02:44 2.5s
Hahndorf 24, Lofty Duty Officer.
Hahndorf 24
13:02:50 3.5s
Lofty Duty, Hahndorf 24, over.
Mount Lofty Group Duty Officer
13:02:54 8.9s
Hahndorf 24, this copy is the last, if you can just notify Adelaide Fire, just let them know you're attaching priority 2 to incident 070, over.
Hahndorf 24
13:03:04 4.1s
Roger, priority 2, 070, out.
5213671
13:03:13 3.9s
Hahndorf 24, Echunga Captain.
Hahndorf 24
13:03:19 3.5s
Echunga Captain, Hahndorf 24, over.
5213671
13:03:23 12.2s
In case you're not aware, actual location of the incident, corner of Chapel Hill Road and Strathalpen Road, opposite the dog kennels, it's not the original location, it's coming out on the page.
Hahndorf 24
13:03:36 4.4s
Yeah roger, they're kennels at Chapel Hill and Strath Roads, over.
5213671
13:03:41 5.0s
Yeah, opposite the dog kennels, about 100 metres up Chapel Hill Road.
Hahndorf 24
13:03:47 1.7s
Roger.
Mylor 34 is on MYLR34 (90%)on its paged talkgroup (136); 1 other incident(s) open there (30%)
136 Mt Lofty 1TG 563 · CFS Thu 29 Oct 2026, 13:05:11–13:05:16· 0:05 of audio
Mylor 34 reported to Lofty duty officer, confirming arrival at Chapel Hill Rd/Diggings Rd Chapel Hill grass fire.
Lofty duty officer, this is Chapelhill Control, incident 070, over.
Mount Lofty Group Duty Officer
13:14:10 1.9s
Chapel Hill Control, send.
Mylor 34
13:14:13 25.3s
Sitrep for 070, we now have Mount, sorry, Hahndorf 24 is on site, we have a couple of hose lays out, blacking out from the head and the toe of the fire, no additional resources required, and we have identified an on site water resource, so no need of bulkies, over.
Mount Lofty Group Duty Officer
13:14:39 9.8s
Roger, SITREP received, Hahndorf now on scene, no requirement to water, you have water on site, further to that, do you have an approximate area burnt over?
Mylor 34
13:14:53 2.5s
150 square metres, over.
Mount Lofty Group Duty Officer
13:14:57 3.5s
Roger received, 150 centimeters, Duty Officer out
Mylor 34 is on MYLR34 (90%)on its paged talkgroup (136); 1 other incident(s) open there (30%)
136 Mt Lofty 1TG 563 · CFS Thu 29 Oct 2026, 13:22:39–13:22:53· 0:09 of audio
Yeah, still having to do a phone call, do you require the group duty number over?
Mylor 34
13:45:03 6.6s
I just left a message on your mobile, over, if you can give me a call.
Mylor 34
13:45:12 2.3s
Chapelville, over.
Mount Lofty Group Duty Officer
13:45:18 7.8s
Chapmobile Control is confirming the group duty number is 8116 38, did you call that number over?
Mylor 34
13:45:30 2.8s
Let me just double check, over.
Mount Lofty Group Duty Officer
13:45:36 1.0s
Roger
Mylor 34 is on MYLR34 (90%)"incident 70" said at 14:13:04 (90%)"Mylor 34" (MYLR34) said at 14:12:59 (70%)on its paged talkgroup (136); 1 other incident(s) open there (30%)
136 Mt Lofty 1TG 563 · CFS Thu 29 Oct 2026, 14:12:43–14:13:19· 0:20 of audio
Mylor 34 reported clear of incident 070 and returning to station.