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FRV – Car 191 – Scania Combination Ladder

June 24, 2014 – 10:23 am

Service – MFB Melbourne
Appliance Type – Combination Ladder
Fleet Number – Car 191
Cab Chassis – Scania 93M 250
Body Builder –
Registration – MVM390
Commissioned – 1993
Decommissioned 2006

Car 191 Servied at No.1 Eastern Hill and 35 Windsor.
The combination ladder appliances had a wheeled escape carried on a hydraulic platform on the rear of the appliance. Firefighters would manually manouvre the ladder into position for firefighting and rescue tasks.

A small pump enabled limited direct firefighting capability.

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FRV – Car 301 – International ACCO Pumper

June 20, 2014 – 11:42 am

Service – MFB Melbourne
Appliance Type – Pumper
Fleet Number – Car 301
Cab Chassis – International ACCO 1950C
Body Builder –
Registration – MYR953
Commissioned – 1983 (Deommissioned 2003)

MFB Car 301 was last seen in private ownership after being decommissioned in 2003. While in service, it served at stations 25 and 34, before finishing in the reserve pool.


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Appliances MFB Melbourne Scania SEM (Skilled) Victoria

FRV – Car 001 – Scania Mk5 Pumper

June 18, 2014 – 10:44 am

Service – MFB Melbourne
Appliance Type – Pumper
Fleet Number – Car 001
Cab Chassis – Scania 94D 310
Body Builder – SEM/Skilled
Registration – MAR032
Commissioned – 2002

This Scania Pumper was the first ‘Mark 5’ Pumper built for MFB, by Skilled/SEM in 2001. It was commissioned in 2002 and served at 35 Windsor Fire Station as photographed below. It went on to serve at a number of other Melbourne fire stations and was last known to be a training appliance.

In MFB tradition, this appliance shows a dedication to an MFB officer, with Car001 dedicated to Alan Richards, Chief Fire Officer 2000 – 2002

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