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FRV – Car 015 – Scania Mk5 Pumper

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.


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FRV – Car 380 – Scania Mk5 Teleboom

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

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Scania cab chassis with Telesqurt boom


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FRV – Car 037 – Scania Mk5 Pumper grows a ‘mo’ for Movember!

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.

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FRV – Car 165 – International ACCO POD Transporter

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.

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FRV – Car 008 – Scania Mk5 Pumper

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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FRV – Car 025 – Scania Mk5 Pumper

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.

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MFB Pumper at City of Sydney Fire Station as Runner 1 responds to an alarm call


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FRV – Car 031 – Scania Mk5 Pumper

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.

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MFB Pumper alongside P22 in Leichhardt Fire Station


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FRV – Car 391 – Scania Ultra-Large Pumper

Service – MFB Melbourne
Appliance Type – Ultra Large Pumper
Fleet Number – Car 391
Cab Chassis – Scania P113M 310
Body Builder – Australian Fire Co.
Registration – MAE491
Commissioned – 1995

This is one of only a few ULPs in the MFB. It has served at 42 Newport and 1 Eastern Hill Fire Stations.

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FRV – Car 167 – International ACCO POD Transporter

Service – MFB Melbourne
Appliance Type – POD Transporter
Fleet Number – Car 167
Cab Chassis – International ACCO 2350G
Body Builder –
Registration – MAS553
Commissioned – 2000
Decommissioned – 2011

Car167 was Commissioned in 2000 and spent most of its life at 10 Richmond Fire Station. It was disposed of in 2011 and is believed to be in private use now.

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FRV – Car 171 – Scania Ladder Platform (Bronto 27m)

Service – MFB Melbourne
Appliance Type – Ladder Platform
Fleet Number – Car 171
Cab Chassis – Scania 94G 300
Body Builder – Skilled/SEM
Registration – MAR032
Commissioned – 2002

Car 171 has served most of its life at 35 Windsor. It is commonly referred to as a ‘Baby Bronto’ due to it’s smaller size compared to other Ladder Platforms – it is based on a Scania Cab Chassis with only a single rear axle and a 27M Bronto Skylift F27RLH boom.

This vehicle was seen in 2013 at Alexander Perrie in Sydney, where it’s believed to have undergone the usual midlife service and inspection for the aerial components.

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