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Conversations 14,126–14,150 of 14,365 (63,878 calls)
05 Mt Lofty 2 -TG 767 · Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources Wed 30 Sep 2026, 15:32:35–15:32:42· 0:05 of audio · 2 missed
Portable 3 said they had been asking around; Zara asked Sherman if anything could be brought.
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15:32:09
Missed calls × 2· tuner busy · 7.2s in all · Radio Portable 3
Sierra Sector instructed radio 5215760 on fireline positioning and ignition direction; radio 5215760 confirmed plan and acknowledged.
Sierra Sector
15:28:52 3.7s
503 from operations, over.
5215760
15:29:00 1.4s
Receiving go ahead
Sierra Sector
15:29:02 17.8s
Hi mate, keen to get you back up in the air, doing another line in behind what you did last, on your first dummy run maybe just have a look and see how that last lot's building and whether you need to bring them in a little bit tighter, over.
5215760
15:29:20 10.2s
Yep, copy that. Last, when we departed, I reckon this line will line up with the top edge of that, Vanessa Fleur, that'll be interesting to see how that goes.
Sierra Sector
15:29:31 22.6s
Yeah, roger that. And when you hit the hose lay, Tim is going to continue lighting to the northwest. I'm happy as long as the lay of the land looks right, which it does to me. I'm doing a line of spots in behind his edge, not going further along to the west than he's started lighting over.
5215760
15:29:55 12.5s
So just confirming, we'll go south to north as per previous and then we'll put up his ignition on the northwestern side.
Sierra Sector
15:30:08 2.3s
Thanks everybody, over
15:30:11 0.5s
(no speech recognised)
5215760
15:30:14 1.9s
Roger Wilco, talk to you in the air.
05 Mt Lofty 2 -TG 767 · Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources Wed 30 Sep 2026, 15:29:10–15:29:18· 0:04 of audio
Sierra Sector asked for location/photo on Norton Hose layover; radio 5310563 confirmed they sent a tweet, Sierra Sector mentioned checking it, then asked to head towards 2026 label.
5310563
15:26:36 1.7s
receiving✓ checked
Sierra Sector
15:26:38 8.7s
Yeah, mate, are you able to give me a location or a photo of where you are along the northern hose layover?✓ checked
5310563
15:26:50 5.7s
I did that on of your phones, you know I always get the wrong one, over.
Sierra Sector
15:26:59 5.8s
Ah yes, your tweet nothing messages I usually receive. I'll just have a look at it. Out.
5310563
15:27:22 1.7s
Receiving.
Sierra Sector
15:27:24 13.2s
Yeah mate, I thought you were a bit further along than that, I wouldn't have got you to stop otherwise. I'm pretty keen for you to get an edge to the 2026 label on the hose lay, if you can see that, over.
5310563
15:27:51 8.6s
Yeah, roger that, I've got that, we'll keep going in that direction now and we'll let you know when we get there.
05 Mt Lofty 2 -TG 767 · Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources Wed 30 Sep 2026, 15:26:50–15:27:09· 0:05 of audio
radio 5310563 reported moderate fire behaviour and fire length details; Sierra Sector approved continued lighting with Emma at November Hosley.
Sierra Sector
15:24:06 3.2s
Ignitian Grove from Ops, over.
5310563
15:24:11 15.6s
Pat, just letting you know, I went for a bit of a walk along the sort of flanking edge from November sector. It's all looking pretty good. Very moderate fire behaviour. It's going out and Pat's looking really good. Over.
Sierra Sector
15:24:28 7.3s
Yeah, copy that. What sort of depth do you reckon you've got off the hose lay? Over.
5310563
15:24:37 12.0s
It obviously is up to a couple of lengths at the start, so maybe up to 50 metres, but goes down to maybe 10 metres where we're currently standing. Just ignition over.
Sierra Sector
15:24:51 9.1s
Roger that. I'm happy for you to continue lighting as long as Emma is along November Hosley. Over.
5310563
15:25:02 5.8s
Yeah, roger that. We're all happy down here. It'd be great to just get this done while...
504 helicopter reported increased activity in November sector, lit above eastern creek, mentioned Vanessa floor patch; Sierra Sector asked for confirmation and requested a sitrep.
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15:04:33
Missed call· tuner busy · 3.3s · Radio Sierra Sector
Sierra Sector
15:04:43 14.2s
Hi mate, I was thinking of setting you down for a little while, let the sun do a bit, can you just give us a sit rap of how things are building on that flatter section along November sector, over.
Firebird 504
15:04:58 8.6s
Yeah, copy that. We're seeing much more activity inside the block on November, particularly compared to...
Firebird 504
15:05:09 3.9s
Are you allowing anything to burn?
Firebird 504
15:05:13 5.5s
Kill activities on the eastern corner and the groves.
Firebird 504
15:05:19 3.9s
Nicely under its own steam, flanking well I guess.
Sierra Sector
15:05:25 10.4s
Yeah, copy that. So the head of that creek, the eastern most creek, have you lit in there or have you stayed above that? Just trying to get my bearings over.
Firebird 504
15:05:38 5.0s
Nah, we've lit above that. I reckon the Vanessa floor patch is, um...
Sierra Sector
15:05:48 7.3s
Yeah, why don't you sit down, it's 15, and we'll have a quick chat, over.
Firebird 504
15:05:57 1.9s
Roger Wilco.
05 Mt Lofty 2 -TG 767 · Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources Wed 30 Sep 2026, 15:00:01–15:00:24· 0:10 of audio · 1 missed
Tanisha reported seeing a devil, thanked Nathan, and ended the call.
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14:59:46
Missed call· tuner busy · 3.2s · Radio 5310134
5310134
15:00:01 3.0s
Tanisha to Nathan.
5320038
15:00:13 4.2s
Right, that's an issue, possibly just started devil talk, over.
Helicopter crew confirmed they're managing well without group talk, no impact on lines.
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14:58:00
Missed call· tuner busy · 13.0s · Radio Sierra Sector
5310563
14:58:19 10.0s
Yeah, roger that. Yeah, Brett, just let us know if what we're doing is impacting on your lines, but otherwise we'll continue until told otherwise. Out.
Firebird 504
14:58:32 6.0s
Yeah, copy that, Tim. Thanks. We're pretty good at the moment. Without the group talk, we're in and out pretty easily.
05 Mt Lofty 2 -TG 767 · Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources Wed 30 Sep 2026, 14:57:26–14:57:50· 0:14 of audio
Sarah asked if they'd be ready for a wildlife incident; the crew acknowledged but nothing was recognised.
5310137
14:57:26 2.8s
Portable with Caitlin from Sarah.
5310138
14:57:34 1.7s
Receiving
5310137
14:57:36 4.8s
Hi, just wondering if you'll be ready for our little friend over.
Sierra Sector reported burning well with north-westerly winds, discussed adding a second line, and noted fuel changes; 504 advised a fuel change west of location.
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14:54:18
Missed calls × 2· tuner busy · 14.7s in all · Radios Firebird 504, Sierra Sector
Sierra Sector
14:54:40 4.8s
Planning officer with a GRN radio from Ops, over.
Hallet Cove 34
14:54:46 1.5s
Receiving Send
Sierra Sector
14:54:48 4.1s
Are you standing near incident controller without a radio? Over.
Hallet Cove 34
14:54:54 3.7s
Anyone standing next to me who has a GRN, over.
Sierra Sector
14:54:59 19.2s
Yeah, roger. I've hit Brett's first pill that's taken. It's burning well. It appears like there is still that northwesterly in play. And the fire behaviour is running similar to the test burn.
Hallet Cove 34
14:55:20 3.2s
Roger, you're going to get a second line put in over.
Sierra Sector
14:55:24 15.9s
You read my mind. I was thinking more or less the same. Now we've hit good fuel, I think we could put another one in, see how that goes, and then we can maybe take a few more chunks off. Over.
Hallet Cove 34
14:55:41 2.6s
Yeah, great. Sounds like it's a plan. Over.
Sierra Sector
14:55:45 5.5s
Copy that, out to you, Firebird, did you copy last, over?
Firebird 504
14:55:51 16.3s
504, copy, if we step out to the west, put another line in, just for your info, about 20, 30 metres west of your location, downslope, is a change in fuel, so it'll burn quite nicely in there and should take out all the fuel in that gap.
Sierra Sector
14:56:08 12.3s
Yeah, that's a big chunk of venetia flora, not much fuel on the ground, but very hard to walk through, I can guarantee. Just give me two minutes, the block over.
Firebird 504
14:56:22 3.4s
Copy that, we're good, we'll just wait out to the south.
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14:56:40
Missed calls × 3· tuner busy · 8.2s in all · Radios 5310690, 5310646
5310690
14:56:55 1.5s
Going on over here, over.
5310646
14:56:59 15.8s
Yeah, no worries. If they want to tie in with the crew that are at the bottom of the backing fire there, they can hang there until the coach gets on the way and do some good vantage points further down.
5310690
14:57:16 6.8s
Yeah, no worries, as long as it's safe, they'll wander down to that crew and they'll just hang down there until we need them for something else.
Sierra Sector asked 504 helicopter about fire behaviour and wind direction; 504 mentioned managing wind and having ignitions.
Sierra Sector
14:51:57 4.2s
Firebird 503 from Ops, over.
Firebird 504
14:52:03 1.2s
Receiving guys
Sierra Sector
14:52:05 10.0s
Yeah, just thinking ahead, if we have to light further along the northern holiday with the current wind direction, is that going to cause issues for you guys over?
Firebird 504
14:52:23 8.4s
Having to manage it, it's still got a fair bit of west in it, so it should be blowing out towards your eastern boundary pretty nicely rather than through the block.
Sierra Sector
14:52:45 0.8s
(no speech recognised)
Firebird 504
14:52:46 3.9s
Yeah, copy that. We've got a couple of ignitions.
Firebird 504
14:52:52 3.2s
(no speech recognised)
Sierra Sector
14:52:58 1.7s
Yeah, I'm walking back.
Sierra Sector
14:53:03 3.7s
Where was your first pill dropped, roughly?
Sierra Sector
14:53:28 1.4s
Roger mate✓ checked
Sierra Sector
14:53:31 2.1s
(no speech recognised)
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14:54:02
Missed call· tuner busy · 4.7s · Radio Firebird 504
05 Mt Lofty 2 -TG 767 · Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources Wed 30 Sep 2026, 14:53:21–14:53:27· 0:06 of audio · 2 missed
O2O keeper acknowledged and will head down; radio 5310137 thanked John, Sarah out.
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14:52:52
Missed calls × 2· tuner busy · 12.6s in all · Radio 5320192
O2O keeper
14:53:21 4.1s
Yeah, copy that. I'll head down in a moment.
5310137
14:53:25 1.9s
Thanks John, Sarah out.
06 Botanic GardeTG 765 · Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources Wed 30 Sep 2026, 14:52:42–14:53:26· 0:24 of audio
Adelaide Ranges asked about an electric gator; Adelaide 01 said they were on foot. Andy said he would get it to them.
Adelaide 01 (botanic gardens)
14:52:42 3.0s
Adelaide Ranges, 4110.
Adelaide 01 (botanic gardens)
14:52:56 5.3s
Hey there, have you guys got the electric gator over?
Adelaide 01
14:53:03 2.5s
We do not. We are currently on foot.
5310113
14:53:09 6.6s
Hey Tyler, I've got that a minute, but yeah, I'm going to get it to you wherever you need it, over.
Adelaide 01 (botanic gardens)
14:53:18 3.5s
Thanks Andrew, the 90 thought would be perfect, over.
504 helicopter did a dummy run, confirmed southern boundary, discussed smoke direction and speed; Sierra Sector acknowledged and confirmed plan.
Firebird 504
14:43:13 2.3s
Apparitions Firebed 504.
Sierra Sector
14:43:16 1.4s
Send
Firebird 504
14:43:18 8.9s
Lifting, just trapping over your southern bound, come in, do a dummy run, and just reconfirm the plan before we commence.
Sierra Sector
14:43:28 11.4s
Copy that, the northern extent of ignition still kind of establishing an edge, so yeah, I'll let you figure that out, but just stop a shy of where it hasn't joined up, over.
Firebird 504
14:43:41 7.3s
Copy that, we'd say the head southern boundary in the south east, I can see that, bit of inconsistency in the plume.
Firebird 504
14:43:50 0.7s
(no speech recognised)
Sierra Sector
14:43:53 2.3s
Thanks mate, you noticing any, uh...
Sierra Sector
14:43:57 2.5s
From your viewpoint over✓ checked
Firebird 504
14:44:00 8.4s
Stadley looks nicer, you've still got that North West influence, yeah, the smoke's all pushing in the one direction, which looks really good.✓ checked
Sierra Sector
14:44:10 2.3s
Thank you, mate.✓ checked
Firebird 504
14:44:13 3.9s
That just completed dummy run and we'll come back around, plant.✓ checked
Firebird 504
14:44:18 4.8s
Starting in the southeast, 20 metres off your edge, 20 metres facing, we'll be doing 60 knots.✓ checked