(TB) Transporter (T) Ultra Large Pumper (ULP) Water Tanker (WT) (Mostly out of service now) Pods: Breathing Apparatus (BA) Bulk Decontamination (BD) Equipment & Resource Management (ERM) Fire Duty Support (FDS) General Purpose (GP) High Angle Rescue (HAR) Hose Layer (HL) Heavy Rescue Support (HRS) Mechanical Loader (ML) Tipper/Rescue Support (TRS) Urban Search & Rescue no.1 (USAR-1) Water Recycling Module no.3 (WRM-3) Water Recycling Module no.5 (WRM-5) Notable incidents William Booth Memorial Home fire – On 13 August 1966, a heater started a fire at a Salvation Army hostel for alcoholic and destitute men. Due to the failure of the staff to immediately call the MFB, and the building's design hindering escape, dozens of victims became trapped. 30 ultimately died, making it the deadliest building fire in Australian history. 2018 West Footscray warehouse fire – An illegal chemical storage facility caught fire on 30 August and burned for over a week. A large plume of toxic black smoke drifted over surrounding suburbs. 2019 Campbellfield factory fire – A fire began on 5 April at a waste management facility which took 4 days to extinguish. Toxic fumes forced the evacuation of nearby residential suburbs and closure of several schools. See also Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council Country Fire Authority Country Fire Service New South Wales Fire Brigades References External links Metropolitan Fire Brigade website MFB Act Fire Services Museum of Victoria Fire and rescue services of Victoria (Australia) Organisations based in Melbourne 1891 establishments in Australia