Unique vehicle fabricated by MFB from chassis of Dame Nellie Melba's salon carUnique vehicle, critical for large fire extinguishing, fully restoredPierce-Arrow MFB Heavy Pumper salon car manufactured 1911 Petrol Engine - Straight 6, 48HP, Kelly & Lewis pump, centrifugal, 400 gpm, 5 inputs, 2 outlets, rear mounted PTO driven Converted by MFB from Salon Car into heavy pumper in 1919 Out of service with MFB in 1933Registration No 16658, 1911 Melba Pump, Pierce-Arrow,melbourne, red, melba, heavy pumper, mfb, pierce arrow, vehicle, dame nellie melba, fire engine, solid tyre

NVS series Morris Commercial chassis, built in MFB workshops, early 1950's. First enclosed cabin vehicle used by MFB. Fitted with 250 gallon per minute pump.First enclosed cabin vehicle used by MFB.NVS series Morris Commercial chassis, built in MFB workshops, early 1950's. First enclosed cabin vehicle used by MFB. Fitted with 250 gallon per minute pump.Registration number LHW 102, "Car 43".car, fire, morris, commercial, hose, carriage, pumper, 43, truck, 1950

clippingFire caused about $500,000 damage to Ringwood Secondary College at the weekend. More than 50 firemen battled to contain the blaze.

1958 Dennis Brothers "F2" Series, 600 gallons per minute, Heavy Pumper.Registration GSR 540, "MFB" lettering on body sides, "Dennis" badge on bonnet.car, brigade, 1958, mfb, fire, pumper, dennis, 8, pump, metropolitan

At its meeting on January 29, Banyule City Council voted to defer a planned review of CFA and MFB boundaries within Banyule.Newspaper clipping with black text and black and white photo.banyule city council, cfa, mfb, country fire authority, metropolitan fire brigade

From 1845, separate and competing volunteer fire brigades were established in Melbourne and grew in number. Following the passage of the Fire Brigades Act 1890 and the creation of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB) on 1 May 1891, the 56 volunteer brigades that then existed were disbanded and the firefighters were invited to join the MFB. The MFB was abolished in 2020 and the firefighters absorbed into the newly established Fire Rescue Victoria.White coloured rectangular shaped card printed in black on both sides. Hole in top left hand corner.Front Metropolitan Fire Brigade. The Ninth Annual Ball. Orderly Room (Corner of Albert and Gisborne Streets) EAST MELBOURNE, Friday, 11th October, 1901. MFB QUADRILLE. 1st Fig. 1st Set; 3rd Fig, 1st Set; 3rd Fig. Lancers; Spanish Waltz; Circassian Figure. JARRETT'S BAND. J. C. PRICE, M. C. Stewards: MESSRS. H. HARRISON 7 R. GLENNON W. CAVE, Hon. Sec. Back: List of dances, against which some names and initials have been written by handmetropolitan fire brigade, orderly room - east melbourne, jarrett's band, 20th century, melbourne - history

The last of this model of vehicle in the MFB Fleet. Compartment doors replaced by perspex panels, to be used as a Public Relations Display Vehicle, by MFB. Only Fire Appliance to run on LP Gas, as a trial duel fuel vehicle, and also, as a training vehicle, to train Firefighters on how to deal with Vehicle LP Gas emergencies.

The fire crew is posed on a Hotchkiss Hose Carriage which were introduced between 1913 -1925. Originally shipped to Australia as standard touring cars, they were acquired by the MFB during the First World War and converted into specialized fire service vehicles and fitted with 30ft extension ladders, 1,000ft of canvas hose and rotary pump. The historic Williamstown Fire Station No. 43, was located at 182 Cecil Street, and operated under the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB) from 1892. williamstown fire brigade members, hotchkiss hose carriage

This album was created in approximately 1972 as part of a project by the Caulfield Historical Society to assist in identifying buildings worthy of preservation. The album is related to a Survey the Caulfield Historical Society developed in collaboration with the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) and Caulfield City Council to identify historic buildings within the City of Caulfield that warranted the protection of a National Trust Classification. Principal photographer thought to be Trevor Hart, member of Caulfield Historical Society. Most photographs were taken between 1966-1972 with a small number of photographs being older and from unknown sources. All photographs are black and white except where stated, with 386 photographs over 198 pages. From Victorian Heritage Database citation for H2376 Former Elsternwick Fire Station, 2-4 Selwyn Street Elsternwick - Victorian Heritage Register https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/2645 (as at 21/11/2021) The Former Elsternwick Fire Station was built and commenced operation in 1896. It was one of 32 new fire stations built between 1892 and 1896 by the newly formed Melbourne Metropolitan Fire Brigade ('MFB') to form a comprehensive fire-fighting network across Melbourne. The MFB was established in 1891 as Victoria's government-run fire-fighting service in Melbourne and its growing suburbs. By 1918 motorised fire engine appliances had replaced horse-drawn fire vehicles across the metropolitan area, and the consequently larger areas that fire stations could protect meant the 1896 Elsternwick Fire Station was one of many which was becoming obsolete. The MFB continued to use the Elsternwick Fire Station up until the Station's closure in 1926. From 1927 the former Fire Station was leased by neighbouring timber merchants JJ Webster Pty Ltd who subsequently purchased the property from the MFB in 1934. From 1954 the 'Esquire Motors' car repair business traded at the site, and changes to the former Fire Station building including the complete enclosure of its yard by corrugated steel walls and roofing appear to have been completed in the mid-1950s. In 1990 the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ('ABC') purchased the former Fire Station together with five other adjoining land parcels in Selwyn Street. From that time until 2017 the former Elsternwick Fire Station has been used by the ABC as office and storage space in its Selwyn Street television studio complex.From Victorian Heritage Database citation for H2376 Former Elsternwick Fire Station, 2-4 Selwyn Street Elsternwick - Victorian Heritage Register https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/2645 (as at 21/11/2021) The Former Elsternwick Fire Station is historically significant as one of the 10 remaining fire stations of the original 32 built for the newly established Melbourne Metropolitan Fire Brigade ('MFB') during the four-year period 1892 to 1896. These fire stations were constructed following the establishment in 1891 of the MFB, Victoria's government-run fire-fighting service for metropolitan Melbourne and its growing suburban population. These new stations formed a crucial part of the MFB's fire-fighting network across Melbourne. The Former Elsternwick Fire Station clearly demonstrates the historical development of fire-fighting services in Melbourne, especially the expansion of the newly-formed MFB throughout Melbourne's suburbs during the 1890s. [Criterion A] The Former Elsternwick Fire Station is architecturally significant as a fine example of a late nineteenth century fire station. Constructed shortly after the establishment of the MFB, it displays characteristics of its class of place that remain mostly unchanged from the former Station's historically important period of development and use. A particularly strong element of the Former Elsternwick Fire Station is the large and strikingly-detailed stone horseshoe arch, designed for horse-drawn fire-fighting vehicles, at the street entrance to its fire-engine room. [Criterion D]Page 188 of Photograph Album with two photographs of the old Elsternwick Fire Station.Handwritten: old fire station 4 Selwyn Street [top right] / 188 [bottom right]trevor hart, rendered, 1890's, melbourne metropolitan fire brigade, mfb, fire-fighting, jj webster, timber merchants, esquire motors, car repair, australian broadcasting corporation, abc, selwyn street, brick and stone, asymmetrical facade, anglo-dutch gable, rusticated and smooth-faced limestone, elsternwick fire station, elsternwick, fire station, jj webster pty ltd, motor vehicle repair shops, stone horseshoe arch entrance

Black Naval Straight Legged PantsNavy Officers Pants“Y” Front Black Naval Pants. One Front Pocket RHS lable inside (K3-42). Bottons Two Buttons Missing LHS. RHS three Buttons. Manufactures Lable inside. OTELE MFB P.L. KILFOLE ??

Leyland Metz turntable ladder Manufactured 1938 for Metropolitan Fire Brigade Board, Melbourne (MFB) Steel 5 stage extension ladder on turntable with maximum extension ? m [ ? feet] Mounted on Leyland ? chassis with 8 cylinder petrol engine.

ClippingFire caused about $500,000 damage to Ringwood Secondary College at the weekend. More than 50 firemen battled to contain the blaze which began about 10.20pm on Saturday in the school's central block. This is the second serious fire at the school in two years. MFB district officer Phil Taylor described the fire as "the biggest in the eastern district since the last fire at the school". The arson squad is investigating the fire. Photograph: Croydon MFB senior fire fighter Peter Barker surveys the gutted school wing.

Black and white photograph showing W2 class No. 259 northbound in Swanston St. The Flinders St Station building is in the background, which is advertising Mt Buffalo holidays. The intersection has been fitted with traffic lights. There are a MFB Fire alarm box and another alarm box in the foreground.Yields information about tram 359 and Swanston St, during the 1930s.Black and White photograph on Velox paper. Has a "Photo by Harringtons" stamp on the rear. and "No. 2 2/" in ink in top left hand corner.trams, tramways, w2 class, swanston st, flinders street station, tram 259

The former Metropolitan Fire Brigade Station in Cecil Street, Williamstown. The brick station was built in 1893 to serve as a suburban outpost for the newly established Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB). Throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Williamstown Fire Brigade operated with horse-drawn steam appliances and later housed Daimler motor cars. fire brigade no. 43, cecil street, williamstown, williamstown fire station

A Volunteer Fire Brigade was established in Kew in 1879 and a fire station established in Walton Street, Kew. The Brigade was formally disbanded by the Fire Brigade Act of 1890 and the volunteers replaced by a unit of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade in 1891. The Walton Street fire station, built in 1893, was replaced by the Belford Road station in 1941 and subsequently demolished. The third fire station, located in Belford Road, was built by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB) in 1941 and operated as a fire station until closing in 1993. Designed by architect Harry Winbush in 1940-41, the former MFB fire station at 35-37 Belford Road, Kew is of local historical and architectural significance. It is a good, representative and externally intact example of a large suburban fire station of the late interwar period. Now converted for residential use, Heritage Overlay HO274.Colourised photograph, front facade of former Metropolitan Fire Brigade station, Belford Road, Kew. Two-storey face red brick Modernist building, symmetrical facade, central projecting bay with raised lettering “METROPOLITAN FIRE BRIGADE”, flagpole and crest above, two engine bays at ground floor, fire truck visible in left bay.kew fire station, metropolitan fire brigade, belford road, winbush

Newspaper clipping titled "Tramcar relic goes in Blaze" about a fire at the former South Melbourne engine house in City Road on 2/11/1991. Item written by Mirjana Jovetic and has two photos. Quotes Alan Mearns of the MFB and architect Graham Vines. The facade of the building survived and has been incorporated into a new building.Yields information about a fire in the former City Road, South Melbourne engine house.Newspaper clipping possibly from The Sun, dated 3-11-1990engine houses, cable trams, south melbourne, city road, fire, fire brigade

American Style Ladder, built by the American LaFrance Company, of Elmira, New York, as Lend Lease Appliances, during World War 11 The genesis of the vehicle is the City Service JO Series Ladder, which in this form became the JOX, - X for Export, model, as some items of equipment were not requested in the U.S. Treasury Department specification for these vehicles. Seven of them came to Australia in 1942 / 43, and all bar two are still in existence / preservation, in various States. Initially, they were supplied to the MFB, and later transferred to the CFBB / CFA.

These photographs were taken by The Age in 1991 feature the Sunshine's Centenary Fire Truck at the Sunshine Fire Station, Mcintyre Road, Sunshine North. The Sunshine Centenary Fire Truck refers to the special appliance displayed during Sunshine’s 1990 Centenary celebrations, when the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB) showcased a modern Sunshine fire appliance as part of the suburb’s 100‑year anniversary events. It is associated with the opening of the new Sunshine Fire Station at McIntyre Road in the same year (1990), which coincided with Sunshine’s centenary. This was not a vintage truck or a ceremonial rebuild (like NSW’s “White Knight” centenary truck). Instead, it was Sunshine’s current frontline appliance, presented as part of the centenary program.The fire truck display formed part of Sunshine’s 1990 Centenary celebrations, marking 100 years since the 1890 survey of Braybrook Junction, the township that later became Sunshine.6793.01 - Sunshine Fire Station Centenary Fire Truck McIntyre Road Sunshine North 1991 Photographs (Advocate 142.2).JPG 6793.02 - Sunshine Fire Station Centenary Fire Truck McIntyre Road Sunshine North 1991 Photographs (Advocate 142.2).JPG 6793.03 - Sunshine Fire Station Centenary Fire Truck McIntyre Road Sunshine North 1991 Photographs (Advocate 142.2).JPGsunshine fire station, mcintyre road, sunshine north

These photographs, taken by The Advocate in 1990, document the Sunshine Fire Station Open Day held on 7 October 1990, the same year the station's new premises opened on McIntyre Road. The event attracted large crowds from Sunshine and surrounding suburbs, who attended a day of demonstrations, displays, and community activities showcasing the work of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade. The Sunshine Fire Station at 30 McIntyre Road, Sunshine North (MFB Station 44) officially opened on 14 May 1990, replacing the earlier station at the corner of Hampshire and Hertford Roads, which had served the district since 1927. The construction of the new facility reflected the growing demands placed on emergency services by the rapid expansion of Melbourne's western suburbs.These photographs capture an important moment in the history of local emergency services, illustrating both the introduction of a modern fire station and the strong relationship between the brigade and the community it served. They provide valuable evidence of public engagement with emergency services and document a significant milestone in the development of fire protection infrastructure in Sunshine and the surrounding district.6831.01 - Sunshine Fire Station 30 McIntyre Road Sunshine North Open Day 1990 Photographs (Advocate 437.2).JPG 6831.02 - Sunshine Fire Station 30 McIntyre Road Sunshine North Open Day 1990 Photographs (Advocate 437.2).JPG 6831.03 - Sunshine Fire Station 30 McIntyre Road Sunshine North Open Day 1990 Photographs (Advocate 437.2).JPG 6831.04 - Sunshine Fire Station 30 McIntyre Road Sunshine North Open Day 1990 Photographs (Advocate 437.2).JPG 6831.05 - Sunshine Fire Station 30 McIntyre Road Sunshine North Open Day 1990 Photographs (Advocate 437.2).JPG 6831.06 - Sunshine Fire Station 30 McIntyre Road Sunshine North Open Day 1990 Photographs (Advocate 437.2).JPG 6831.07 - Sunshine Fire Station 30 McIntyre Road Sunshine North Open Day 1990 Photographs (Advocate 437.2).JPG 6831.08 - Sunshine Fire Station 30 McIntyre Road Sunshine North Open Day 1990 Photographs (Advocate 437.2).JPG 6831.09 - Sunshine Fire Station 30 McIntyre Road Sunshine North Open Day 1990 Photographs (Advocate 437.2).JPG 6831.10 - Sunshine Fire Station 30 McIntyre Road Sunshine North Open Day 1990 Photographs (Advocate 437.2).JPG 6831.11 - Sunshine Fire Station 30 McIntyre Road Sunshine North Open Day 1990 Photographs (Advocate 437.2).JPGsunshine fire station, mcintyre road, sunshine north

Set of three photocopies of photographs from "Challenging Traditions - A History of Melbourne Grammar (Arcdia, Melbourne 2002) showing the cable tram winding house on the corner of St Kilda Road and Bromby St in 1919 and after redevelopment c1930. .1 - looking north with steam coming from the winding house. .2 - looking south east with winding house and surround buildings .3 - after closure and redevelopment of the site, looking north east. .4 - photo of the intersection of Victoria Parade and Gisborne St showing the cable tram track, cable trams, MFB and Eye and Ear Hospital. Shows the track layout partly. A photograph from a book "Melbourne from the Air"trams, tramways, st kilda rd, cable trams, victoria parade, brunswick st, winding houses, fitzroy

Photographs of fire trucks being tested for the roll over characteristics at Preston Workshops. .1 - .3 - Metropolitan Fire Brigade Board (Melbourne - MFBB) appliance or fire truck or pumper, being tested at Preston Workshops. Based on the number plate in .1 - c1969 - 1970 see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Victoria (accessed 22/4/2020) The facility appears to be long enough to test a bus, but appears to be one that was stored and then brought out for use - see photo 8. .4 to .6 are of testing a UK truck on a more dedicated facility. .7 - workers, some ex MFB workshops possibly, winching rope .8 - the testing frame or lift panel with crane ropes attached and W6 tram No. 986 in the background. A copy of the Newsletter of the Fire Services Museum of Vic. 9/2021 featured some of these photos. Item stored in box 192 with the photographs.Demonstrates the testing of the roll over angles of a fire truck.Series of eight black and white photographs trams, tramways, preston workshops, mfbb, testing, tram 986

Photograph of Ballarat No. 20 passing under the two LaFrance fire brigade ladders forming an arch outside the Ballarat City Fire station on 8/3/1955 to greet the Governor General Sir William Slim, Sturt and Raglan Streets. Wal's album notes say "No. 20 passing under 2-100' extension ladders as an arch to welcome Sir William Slim, Governor General. Sturt and Raglan St 8-3-1955." See image i2 for rear of photograph. See image i3 for hi res scan of print. See image i4 for hi res scan of negative. Neville Britton of the BTM advised 2/5/2020: Seven LaFrance 100' ladders built by the American LaFrance Company, of Elmira, New York arrived in Australia in 1942 as part of the WW2 lend lease program. One each to Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide. Four initially to the MFB but within a short period of time went to the CFA. One each to Geelong City FS, Ballarat City FS and Bendigo FS. The fourth was a stand in and was located at the Ballarat FS when not required. Thus the two ladders in the photo at the Ballarat City FS. was a volunteer at Ballarat City FB from 1967 and commenced my career employment there in 1970. The two LaFrance ladders were still in Ballarat at that time. In the mid 70's the 'spare' was allocated to the Dandenong FS. They were retired in the 1980's. The four Victorian ladders still survive. Ex Geelong City is at the Fire Services Museum Victoria. They have a second one that was acquired by a private collector. It was neglected and returned to the FSMV in poor condition. Ex Ballarat City was driven to Sydney and remains at the Museum of Fire at Penrith. The fourth one was acquired by a private collector and stored in a shed in North Geelong and never moved. He recently died and it may have been sold. They had a V12 petrol engine with all ignition parts duplicated. So two Distributors, two ignition coils and two spark plugs per cylinder. Splash feed engine lubrication.Yields information about the preparations undertaken by the Ballarat Fire Brigade to form a welcoming arch for a visiting Governor General..Negative and Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album.On rear in ink. Top right hand corner "T175" within the Wal Jack stamp. "SEC Ballarat No. 20 passing under the two LaFrance yank extension ladders ( to greet the Governor General Sir William Slim) Sturt and Raglan Streets. and the date "8 Mar 1955"trams, tramways, sturt st, governors, fire station, ceremonies, tram 20