Rye is located on the Mornington Peninsula, almost due south from Melbourne CBD. The town has both a bayside beach in Port Phillip Bay, and an oceanside beach.
Rye is a volunteer brigade and has been operating since 1948. They run 2 pumpers and a tanker, and recently took delivery of a support vehicle “Rye Car”
Courtesy of the brigade: Beechworth Fire Brigade was formed on the 20th October 1867 after a meeting at the Star Hotel in Ford Street Beechworth.
The original brigade consisted of 10 paid members and 16 volunteers. Ten years later (in 1877) through lack of funds the Brigade disbanded. In 1886 because there were so many fires in the Beechworth area the insurance companies approached the council and offered to contribute towards the cost of equipment and running of a brigade. It was formed and called the Volunteer fire Brigade Board.
In the Summer of 1939 the state was covered with fires resulting in the state government in 1944 passing an act to form the Country Fire Authority, this was done in 1946.
Our original station in Camp Street was built in 1892 was still being used up to November in 2013. Today we are now in a state of the art facility in Victoria Road which will service the growing town of Beechworth for the next 100 years.
Beechworth Fire Brigade is in the North East of Victoria and part of District 24 which operates out of Wodonga around 40km from Beechworth. We have four vehicles to service the town which consist of 2 4WD Tankers an urban pumper and a Fire Equipment Service van. We also house the Indigo Field Command Vehicle at our station.
Our volunteer members are trained in and attend both urban and rural incidents and fires all year round.
The current West Melbourne Fire Station in Batman Street opened in August 1964, replacing the 1919 station in William Street.
The Station is located within Central District (based at FS1 Eastern Hill) and operates 2 Pumpers.
At last check, pumpers assigned to FS 2 were:
MFB Car 63, a Mark 5 Scania
MFB Car 37, a Mark 5 Scania – seen in this post sporting a ‘Mo’ for movember: MFB Car 037 at FS2
Service – MFB Melbourne
Appliance Type – Mark 5 Pumper
Fleet Number – Car 12
Cab Chassis – Scania 94G 300
Body Builder – Mills Tui
Registration – MBB332
Commissioned – 2003
Car 12 is a ‘Mark 5 Pumper’ built by Mills Tui in 2003.
It’s been used as a training appliance, spent about 4 years at FS1 and is now in the reserve pool.
Service – MFB Melbourne
Appliance Type – Mark 5 Pumper
Fleet Number – Car 3
Cab Chassis – Scania 94G 300
Body Builder – Mills Tui
Registration – MBB349
Commissioned – 2003
Car 3 is a ‘Mark 5 Pumper’ built by Mills Tui in 2002.
It’s spent most of its life as Pumper 12 and more recently a Reserve Pool appliance.
This vehicle is signed with a dedication to L Lavelle, Chief Fire Officer 1982-1988
Service – MFB Melbourne
Appliance Type – Mark 5 Pumper
Fleet Number – Car 15
Cab Chassis – Scania 94G 300
Body Builder – Mills Tui
Registration – MBM451
Commissioned – 2005
Car 15 is a ‘Mark 5 Pumper’ built by Mills Tui in 2004/05
It has served with the Training Department, 35 Windsor and is currently in the reserve pool.
Service – MFB Melbourne
Appliance Type – Teleboom (Aerial Pumper)
Fleet Number – Car 380
Cab Chassis – Scania 94G 300
Body Builder – Mills Tui
Registration – MBM474
Commissioned – 2005
Car 380 is a Teleboom – referred to commonly as an Aerial Pumper in other jurisdictions. It was built by Mills Tui Australia and allocated to 7 Thomastown Fire Station.
The below images were captured at the MFB workshops in 2014
Service – MFB Melbourne
Appliance Type – Pumper
Fleet Number – Car 037
Cab Chassis – Scania P310
Body Builder – Mills Tui
Registration – MCI851
Commissioned – 2009
Car 37 is a Mills Tui built Mark 5 Pumper. It’s been assigned to FS 2 West Melbourne since commissioning in 2009.
Photographed here in 2014, it was participating in the Men’s health charity organisation and event ‘Movember’. Quite the dapper Mo.
Service – MFB Melbourne
Appliance Type – POD Transporter
Fleet Number – Car 165
Cab Chassis – International ACCO 2350G
Body Builder –
Registration – MWU233
Commissioned – May 1996
Car165 was Commissioned in 1996 and served at 38 South Melbourne and 47 Footscray fire stations. It was disposed of in 2011 and is has been seen in commercial operation.
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.
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