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Conversations 3,826–3,850 of 15,372 (69,081 calls)
011 Northern Adelaide SESTG 845 · State Emergency Service Thu 29 Oct 2026, 18:02:04–18:02:39· 0:19 of audio
Campbelltown SES asked about a multi-agency talk group for incident S0006; no such group was known.
Is there a multi-agency talk group for this incident over
Campbelltown SES
18:02:28 6.6s
Not that I'm aware at this stage. We will have a look into that and let you know. Over.
Campbelltown SES
18:02:37 1.9s
Thanks, Campbelltown 409
118 R1 INC 02TG 1123 · CFS Thu 29 Oct 2026, 18:01:08–18:01:54· 0:36 of audio
Ignition party from Alpha Sector informed Eastern Cradie they are heading to Coms Range and will meet at the back top; Eastern Cradie mentioned lighting up the burn to widen it.
5310690
18:01:08 4.8s
Yeah, Ignition party from Alpha Sector, GRN.
5310646
18:01:17 2.5s
Eastern Cradie receiving, go ahead
5310690
18:01:20 9.7s
We've just got Tom and Matty making their way down to you. I'll just head out at Coms Range, if you can just make sure they make it down over safely.
5310646
18:01:32 12.2s
Just for information, we're going to head over to the other side of this burn that we've done, following the IC out, and we're just going to light it up as we go just to widen it. Over.
5310690
18:01:45 4.4s
Yeah, roger mate, all good. I'll probably meet you in the back at the top, soon enough.
5310646
18:01:52 2.3s
Roger, understood.
142 StrathalbynTG 571 · CFS Thu 29 Oct 2026, 17:59:50–18:00:03· 0:09 of audio
Strathalbyn 34P reported leaving the scene to correct water.
Apple 34P is leaving scene to correct water, over.
Strathalbyn Station
18:00:02 0.8s
Roger
112 SW AIR OPSTG 647 · CFS Thu 29 Oct 2026, 17:59:30–17:59:47· 0:15 of audio
Firebird 506 reported arriving at the airport with 4 POB, two from 512, and will communicate on the ground at Port Lincoln.
Firebird 506
17:59:30 10.7s
506, coming airport, Cummins, tracking, Bachelor, 4 POB, the other two are out of 512, and we'll talk to you on the ground, Port Lincoln.
State Air Desk
17:59:42 4.6s
506, we'll speak to you all around Lincoln, Airdesk out
126 E Torrens 1TG 543 · CFS Thu 29 Oct 2026, 17:57:55–17:59:09· 0:58 of audio
Commander Kirkmo reported two SAPOL members climbing towards a vehicle, advising they are on the right track; SAPOL confirmed they will continue and asked if rescue gear could be brought in that way.
Roger, do you have the SAPOL incident controller still with you over
5271221
17:58:06 2.1s
Affirmative he's listening now.
5215373
17:58:09 11.6s
Roger, I've got eyes on two of his members currently vertical climbing towards the vehicle. They are on the right track. If they continue on their trajectory, they will reach the vehicle over.
5271221
17:58:23 11.4s
Yeah Roger, he's happy for that to continue. Yeah, South SOT is going to go in that way as well, and if it were to be a rescue, would that be plausible to walk rescue gear in that way over?
5215373
17:58:35 8.9s
I'm unsure on how SAPOL have accessed that scene. I'll speak with SOT and come back to you over
5271221
17:58:45 1.0s
Roger
5215373
17:58:55 12.7s
Roger, Commander Kirkmo, if you can communicate with SAPOL, we don't have any comms with them at this stage, but they can continue on that upward trajectory that they're on and that will bring them in line with the vehicle over
5271221
17:59:08 1.2s
Roger, thank you.
150 MFS STRTG 649 · MFS Thu 29 Oct 2026, 17:57:22–17:57:39· 0:11 of audio
Adelaide 202 reported clear of incident 0140 and requested to return home; Adelaide Fire approved.
Roger, I can confirm we do have an issue on the vehicle, the vehicle is 150 metres down from the summit on the Greenhill side, just with SOT, we'll formulate a bit of a plan and discussion, I'll come back to you shortly over
5215765
17:55:34 9.7s
Yeah, roger that. We are contemplating a rope from this side as well at the moment that's also on the menu. So yeah, let us know what you think, over.
5215373
17:56:07 4.8s
Out to you, Commander Kergmo, Quarry Station Commander, over.
5271221
17:56:13 1.5s
Send over
5215373
17:56:17 17.2s
Roger, I now have a clear view of the vehicle. It is approximately 150 metres down. I'm unsure around a road crew being able to make their way through the scrub. I'm just talking with SOT, but this may require a helicopter, I'll confirm shortly over.
5271221
17:56:35 7.3s
Yeah, roger, I've got the police incident control with me, have you heard that? We'll work around those plans at the moment, over.
5215373
17:56:43 9.1s
Roger, just a step out for you, vehicle is upside down, approximately 150 metres down from the summit, over.
5271221
17:56:54 4.2s
Roger, we take it the summer being the ridge of Greenhill station over
5215373
17:56:59 2.1s
Yeah, affirm, over.
5271221
17:57:02 1.5s
Roger.
150 MFS STRTG 649 · MFS Thu 29 Oct 2026, 17:56:07–17:56:41· 0:25 of audio
Oakden 302 gave a stop for incident 138, sent codes, and will return to station after packing up.
Adelaide Fire, Oakden 302, stop for daily incident 138 from station officer Davis, I've sent the codes, will be available in about two minutes, next question, where would you like 302, over.
Adelaide Fire
17:56:25 5.5s
Roger 302, your stop received, and once you're packed up you can return home, over.
Oakden 302
17:56:37 3.7s
Roger, thank you, Adelaide Fire, returning station 30, over.
06 Botanic GardeTG 765 · Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources Thu 29 Oct 2026, 17:55:33–17:55:53· 0:15 of audio
Adelaide 02 informed Adelaide 01 that a wedding rehearsal was occurring and would clear in half an hour.
Adelaide 02
17:55:33 7.3s
Adelaide 02 to 01, you are correct, they are rehearsing a wedding and they will be out in half an hour, over.
Adelaide 01
17:55:43 5.2s
No worries, yeah, that's usually how it goes if there's a large group checking it out.
Adelaide 02
17:55:51 2.1s
(no speech recognised)
142 StrathalbynTG 571 · CFS Thu 29 Oct 2026, 17:54:25–17:54:44· 0:14 of audio
Control requested a dump; crew reported closing down and needing water on return to station.
closing down, should have an alpha 34P, we'll have to get water on return to station, over.
06 Botanic GardeTG 765 · Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources Thu 29 Oct 2026, 17:53:48–17:54:20· 0:21 of audio
Adelaide 02 reported a large group in the economic garden possibly event planners; Adelaide 01 suggested they might be checking for a wedding and offered to chat.
Adelaide 02
17:53:48 1.7s
Adelaide 02 to 01.
Adelaide 01
17:53:54 1.4s
Receiving
Adelaide 02
17:53:56 7.5s
There's a big group of people in the economic garden. They look like they might be event planners. Have you spoken to them? Over.
Adelaide 01
17:54:10 8.0s
No, I haven't. They might be there checking it out for a wedding. Maybe just have a quick chat with them if you want.
Adelaide 02
17:54:18 1.9s
Roger, will do, over.
126 E Torrens 1TG 543 · CFS Thu 29 Oct 2026, 17:51:28–17:52:59· 0:54 of audio
Eastern Suburbs SES reported visual on a car on the cliff face; SAPOL parade is en route to assist with drone location.
So also the main cliff face, it's right kind of in the middle of the main cliff face, over.
5215765
17:52:15 5.3s
Roger that. Can you still see the drone that's up at the moment? Over.
Eastern Suburbs SES
17:52:21 2.1s
Here we can see the drawing, over.
5215765
17:52:26 12.5s
You are quite a effective commander. Can you continue this conversation and direct the caller to direct the drain to spot the vehicle over?
5215373
17:52:42 10.2s
Yeah, roger, the SAPOL parade is just making their way up there now, and we'll see if we can get the drone over. We think we can potentially see the location.
5215765
17:52:54 5.2s
Yeah Roger, the comms I had was the person can see the drain and the vehicle over
150 MFS STRTG 649 · MFS Thu 29 Oct 2026, 17:50:05–17:50:56· 0:24 of audio
Salisbury 34P confirmed the location of incident 145 HAZMAT as just south of Bolivar interchange southbound ramp.
Roger, permission to speak directly with Command Academy, over.
5271221
17:49:34 1.9s
Send, Mr. Davis
5215373
17:49:41 10.0s
Roger, Mr. Kirkmo, we're just inquiring around the capability of your 204 crew, to what distance will you be able to repel down this quarry over
5271221
17:49:52 11.3s
Yeah, roger, we have two 200 metre length ropes, so using a twin line system we could put a person or a rescue setup 200 metres down over.
5215373
17:50:04 8.7s
Roger, thank you, I've got Clinton Daniels with me, SOT, we're just having a look at the area where the possible vehicle is and just determining some plans.
5271221
17:50:15 3.7s
Roger, this is staged at Greenhill
5271221
17:50:21 1.9s
side or come down to you, over.
5215373
17:50:23 8.8s
No, negative, if we're going to make access, it'll be from your side, from that side, people are still having a look with their drone, we don't have it there.
5215373
17:50:33 0.7s
over
118 R1 INC 02TG 1123 · CFS Thu 29 Oct 2026, 17:49:21–17:49:25· 0:04 of audio
5310690
17:49:21 4.1s
Yeah, operations from Alpha Sector, GRN.
118 R1 INC 02TG 1123 · CFS Thu 29 Oct 2026, 17:48:47–17:48:50· 0:03 of audio
5310690
17:48:47 3.4s
Operations from Alpha Sector.
150 MFS STRTG 649 · MFS Thu 29 Oct 2026, 17:48:16–17:48:28· 0:08 of audio
From station officer Drell, stop for incident 146, details send over
Adelaide Fire
17:48:26 1.7s
Roger, Adelaide Fire out.
118 R1 INC 02TG 1123 · CFS Thu 29 Oct 2026, 17:46:18–17:48:04· 1:20 of audio
CFS 5310728 requested a flyover of block 1 and possible dropping in block 4; CFS 5310679 agreed and offered appliances on Rocky Hill track.
5310728
17:46:18 5.8s
Yeah, they were going to sort of have a discussion and then sort of get back to me. over
5310679
17:46:25 13.6s
Yeah, okay. All right, how's everything else going over there? Are you able to release any appliances? Are you comfortable with the edges and fire behaviour?
5310728
17:46:47 2.8s
Yeah, afirm, over.
5310679
17:46:51 17.9s
Yeah, all I'm thinking is we're going to put the aircraft up and light block 4 down to approximately the line, being a bit generous so that we don't smoke or burn Jacob out, but I wouldn't mind a couple of appliances on Rocky Hill track when we do that, over.
5310728
17:47:14 10.6s
Yeah, copy. Is there any chance that they can do a flyover of block 1 to see how that's looking and they might need to just drop a couple things in there if it's not fully developed over?
5310679
17:47:25 6.4s
Yeah, absolutely. They can talk directly to you and check block 1 as the first job, and then they can do block 4.
5310728
17:47:33 7.1s
Yeah, awesome, if they can do that, but yeah, fairly comfortable, so I could probably release a 34 and a QRV over
5310679
17:47:41 9.3s
Yeah, I reckon that'll be plenty, and once we get up on Rocky Hill track, it's pretty flat, we can rotate people through dinner and try and get out of here reasonably on time.
5310728
17:47:56 2.3s
Yeah, Affirm, over.
5310679
17:47:59 4.6s
All right, I'll get Brett to call you on 118 when he's airborne.
126 E Torrens 1TG 543 · CFS Thu 29 Oct 2026, 17:47:15–17:47:21· 0:06 of audio
Incident basis arrived, we've arrived, MVA, Church Road Prospect, two car, T-bone, minor, investigating over
Adelaide Fire
17:47:02 2.6s
Roger 369 received, Adelaide Fire out.
126 E Torrens 1TG 543 · CFS Thu 29 Oct 2026, 17:46:09–17:46:35· 0:22 of audio
DGO Davis reported visuals of a vehicle trajectory at Greenhills spotter, requesting a meeting location; SAPOL drone operator confirmed same visual and turned over.
Yeah, I've got visuals now from Burnside Car 1, location of the Greenhills spotter, and the path or trajectory of the vehicle, if you want to meet me at this location over
5215373
17:46:29 5.7s
I'm just with the SAPOL drone operator now, we've got that same visual and we just turned over
011 Northern Adelaide SESTG 845 · State Emergency Service Thu 29 Oct 2026, 17:45:28–17:45:59· 0:14 of audio
Eastern 42 and Town 42 confirmed down from Western, ASAM tried contacting Mark.
We are coming up Greenhill Road right now, give you an ETA for our time, over.
Eastern Suburbs SES
17:41:52 10.0s
Yep, so I think that the navigation will take you to the top of the incident. We're actually coming up from the bottom through the quarry. It's a four-wheel drive track. Over.
Roger, I'm with SES on scene, they've advised that they've got a drone on scene that they're going to deploy to have a look from above, I've confirmed with SOT here that there is no rescue chopper inbound at this stage, they're on standby, so with your approval I'd like to deploy that drone over.
5215765
17:43:05 21.0s
Yeah roger that. The vehicle is black in colour, so it may be a little bit difficult to see. SAPOL had a drone up from this side but was unable to locate it. I can actually see your vehicles from Greenhill Station, and I'm taking a punt here and suggesting you've got to go down into the gully before you come back up. Would that be correct?
5215373
17:43:27 1.9s
Yeah, that's affirmative, over
5215765
17:43:30 2.8s
Yeah, roger that, and I've got no problem with the truck.
5215373
17:43:34 3.9s
Roger, thank you, I'll let them know SAPOL are operating the drone as well, over.
5215765
17:43:39 5.3s
At this stage, SAPOL have grounded their drone and it's not in use at the moment.
5215373
17:43:45 1.9s
Roger, thank you out
5215373
17:44:11 4.4s
Incident control, just confirming drone is now in the air, over.
5215765
17:44:17 1.2s
Roger
Eastern Suburbs SES
17:44:25 5.2s
Incident controller, this is Eastern 32, over.
5215765
17:44:32 2.1s
Send Eastern 32.
Eastern Suburbs SES
17:44:34 5.8s
We are currently going up Greenhill Road, but we've heard that the incident's in the quarry, is that correct, over?
5215765
17:44:42 11.3s
We're a little bit unclear where the vehicle is at this stage, so we're accessing it from the top and the bottom. I suggest at this stage, continue up Greenhill Road and stage at Greenhill Station, over.
Eastern Suburbs SES
17:44:56 2.5s
Roger that, Eastern 32 out.
5215373
17:45:07 7.8s
Incident controller, just a correction to my last, I have a SAPOL, Special Operations, operating their drone from this side, over.
5215765
17:45:17 1.2s
Roger
011 Northern Adelaide SESTG 845 · State Emergency Service Thu 29 Oct 2026, 17:41:41–17:44:48· 1:17 of audio
Campbelltown 42 confirmed staging at Greenhill CFS, asked if SES commander was present, and confirmed command.
Campbelltown 41, Eastern, sorry, Campbelltown 41, Western 42.
5240292
17:42:55 5.7s
It'll be Campbelltown 42, Western, go ahead, over.
5240348
17:43:02 9.8s
42, apologies, I'm not sure if you're on scene with Eastern, we're probably just over 10 minutes away from continuing priority 2 at this stage.
5240292
17:43:13 19.9s
Roger, confirming is downgrade priority 2, I am on scene staging at a Greenhill CFS, there's not much we can do right now, but yeah, come up here for now, over.
5240348
17:43:33 5.7s
Yeah, roger, Wilco, do we have an SES commander at this time?
5240292
17:43:45 5.8s
At this stage, I'll be command, over.
5240348
17:43:51 4.1s
Roger, we'll see you shortly, West Torrens 42 out.