Unencrypted South Australian emergency service radio as it was received. Transcripts are made by a
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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
136 Mt Lofty 1TG 563 · CFS Thu 29 Oct 2026, 13:12:07–13:12:08· 0:01 of audio
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.
136 Mt Lofty 1TG 563 · CFS Thu 29 Oct 2026, 12:59:13–12:59:41· 0:09 of audio
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.
Hahndorf 24 will be mobile to Shack Road in approximately two minutes, over.
Mount Lofty Group Duty Officer
12:53:46 5.0s
Roger, you'll be mobile in approximately two minutes. Duty officer monitoring.
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
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.
136 Mt Lofty 1TG 563 · CFS Thu 29 Oct 2026, 12:39:22–12:40:13· 0:39 of audio
Mylor 34 reported a small grass fire on a slope, not moving, closer to a blacking out operation.
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.
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.
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
136 Mt Lofty 1TG 563 · CFS Thu 29 Oct 2026, 12:23:49–12:24:06· 0:14 of audio
Mylor 34 acknowledged attachment to incident 0070 and reported Yutunga 34 attached, model 34 out.