Metropolitan Fire Brigade (Melbourne)

This article is about the Melbourne, Australia based fire service. For the fire service which operated in London between 1865 and 1904, see London Fire Brigade.

Metropolitan Fire Brigade
Operational area
CountryAustralia
StateVictoria
CityMelbourne
Agency overview[1]
Established1891
Dissolved30 June 2020 (2020-06-30)
Annual calls38,958 (2017)
Employees2,297 (2017)
Annual budgetA$407,849 (2017)[citation needed]
StaffingCareer
Fire chiefDavid Bruce
Facilities and equipment
Divisions2
Battalions5
Stations47
Rescues5
Website
Official website

The Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB), also known as the Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board, was a fire service in Victoria, Australia. The MFB provided firefighting, rescue, medical and hazardous material incident response services to the metropolitan area of Melbourne. The MFB's headquarters were located at the Eastern Hill Fire Station (also known as Fire Station 1) in East Melbourne.

The MFB was abolished in 2020 and its stations and firefighters absorbed into the newly created Fire Rescue Victoria.

  1. ^ "Annual Report 2016–2017" (PDF). Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board. Retrieved 19 December 2017.