South Australia has the most feeds of any state (7). Three agencies publish via ArcGIS REST through SAFECOM: CFS (Country Fire Service), MFS (Metropolitan Fire Service), and SES. Additionally, four pager feeds from urgmsg.net provide dispatch-level data with exact addresses and units dispatched.
Agencies: CFS (bushfires), MFS (metro fire), SES (floods, storms, rescues), plus CFS-PAGER, SES-PAGER, SAAS-PAGER, BOMBER-PAGER
| Feed | Format | Update | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| SA CFS Incidents | JSON | 3 min | Bushfires, rural |
| SA MFS Incidents | ArcGIS REST | 60 sec | Metro Adelaide fire |
| SA SES Incidents | ArcGIS REST | 60 sec | Floods, storms, rescues |
| CFS/MFS Pager | RSS (custom) | 60 sec | Dispatch data, addresses |
| SES Pager | RSS (custom) | 60 sec | SES dispatch data |
| SAAS Pager | RSS (custom) | 2 min | Ambulance dispatch |
| Bomber Pager | RSS (custom) | 60 sec | Aviation firefighting |
Timestamps (critical): MFS and SES ArcGIS feeds return epoch milliseconds in Adelaide local time (ACST UTC+9:30 or ACDT UTC+10:30), NOT UTC. If you treat them as UTC, your timestamps will be 9.5 to 10.5 hours in the future. You must subtract the timezone offset before converting.
DST: Adelaide observes daylight saving. The offset changes between +9:30 (winter) and +10:30 (summer) on the first Sunday of April and October.
Geometry: ArcGIS feeds use a different JSON structure than GeoJSON. Requires conversion. CFS JSON feed uses "lat,lng" strings that need parsing.
Pager feeds: These are unofficial dispatch intercepts providing exact street addresses, unit callsigns, and incident details not available in the official feeds. Extremely valuable for granular data.
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