Service – MFB Melbourne
Appliance Type – Mark 5 Pumper
Fleet Number – Car 8
Cab Chassis – Scania 94G 300
Body Builder – Mills Tui
Registration – MBB346
Commissioned – 2003
Car 8 is a ‘Mark 5 Pumper’ built by Mills Tui in 2003. Photographed below in NSW, when it was part of the contingent assisting with the devastating October 2013 bushfires around Sydney. It’s part of the MFB reserve pool.
Service – Fire & Rescue NSW
Appliance type – Tanker
Fleet number – ME750
Cab Chassis – Isuzu
Body Builder – Mills Tui
Registration – FBY750
Served at 82 Richmond Fire Station
Service – MFB Melbourne
Appliance Type – Mark 5 Pumper
Fleet Number – Car 25
Cab Chassis – Scania 94G 300
Body Builder – Mills Tui
Registration – MBM454
Commissioned – 2005
MFB Car 25 was commissioned in 2005 and assigned as Pumper 10, where it is currently still in service.
This vehicle features artwork designed for the local community – a fire safety message and mural relevant to local Chinese communities.
The image below shows this vehicle in Sydney City, running as a replacement pumper during the October 2013 bushfires. An MFB contingent travelled to Sydney to backfill FRNSW stations while those local resources were utilised in the Blue Mountains and other fire ravaged areas.
Service – MFB Melbourne
Appliance Type – Mark 5 Pumper
Fleet Number – Car 31
Cab Chassis – Scania P310
Body Builder – Mills Tui
Registration – MCB511
Commissioned – 2007
Built by Mills Tui and commissioned in 2007, Car 31 calls 15 station home.
This vehicle was part of the contingent that travelled to Sydney to provide coverage during the major bushfire campaign in October 2013. It covered 22 Leichhardt’s area, as pictured below.
Service – NSW Fire & Rescue
Appliance type – Aerial Pumper
Fleet number – ME507
Cab Chassis – Scania 94G 310
Body Builder – Mills Tui
Registration – FBY507 and BD97AQ
In service at 47 Revesby as AP47. Refurbishment including signage and striping upgrade has been completed.
Service – NSW Fire & Rescue
Appliance type – Aerial Pumper
Fleet number – ME622
Cab Chassis – Scania 94G
Body Builder – Mills Tui
Registration – FBY622
Served at 97 Huntingwood. This vehicle was involved in a collision with a truck carrying bricks whilst responding to an incident. The cab chassis was written-off, with the rear body and boom being fitted to a new cab chassis.
Service – NSW Fire & Rescue
Appliance type – Aerial Pumper
Fleet number – ME588
Cab Chassis – Scania 94G
Body Builder – Mills Tui
Registration – FBY588
In service at 45 Miranda as AP45
Service -NSW Fire & Rescue
Appliance Type – Aerial Pumper
Fleet number – ME 621
Cab Chassis – Scania
Body Builder – Mills Tui / Telesqurt telescopic ladder/waterway
Registration – FBY621
Served at St Andrews
Service -NSW Fire & Rescue
Appliance Type – Tanker
Fleet number – ME 726
Cab Chassis – Isuzu
Body Builder – Mills Tui
Registration – FBY726
Served at Campbelltown as Retained crew appliance
Service -NSW Fire & Rescue
Appliance Type – CO2 Tender (Specialised Appliance)
Fleet number – ME 201
Cab Chassis – Isuzu
Body Builder – Mills Tui
Registration – BR76ZA
This Isuzu replaced a previous Isuzu model at Pyrmont Fire Station in 2013.
The CO2 tender is used to combat fires where water or other extinguishing agents are unsuitable. Key examples of these are electrical fires and shipboard fires. In these situations, CO2 extinguishers are often used, but this tender can supply a large quantity of CO2 via a hoseline similar to a ‘first-aid’ reel located on most fire appliances. In some situations, such as underground electrical substations, connections on buildings or access panels on the street exist where CO2 can be pumped through fixed piping similar to a booster system.
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