Fire Rescue Victoria
Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) is a fire and rescue service in the state of Victoria, Australia, that provides firefighting, rescue, HAZMAT and Emergency Medical Response services in areas of metropolitan Melbourne and major regional centres throughout Victoria.
| Operational area | |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| State | Victoria |
| Address | Eastern Hill Fire Station 456 Albert Street, East Melbourne |
| Agency overview | |
| Established | 1 July 2020 |
| Employees |
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| Annual budget | A$1 billion (2020) |
| Staffing | Career |
| Commissioner | Gavin Freeman |
| Facilities and equipment | |
| Districts | 10 |
| Stations | 85 |
| Pumpers & pumper tankers | 109 |
| Aerial appliances | 17 |
| Rescues | 8 |
| HAZMATs | 4 |
| Breathing apparatus | 5 |
| Fireboats | 4 |
| Website | |
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FRV operates 85 fire stations with full-time staff firefighters, around half of which are in the Melbourne metropolitan area, and the remainder in regional cities and large towns throughout the state. 34 of these stations which are classified as peri-urban and regional stations, are co-located with volunteer brigades of the Country Fire Authority (CFA).
FRV was formed on 1 July 2020 by a merger of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB), a fully career service responsible for much of the Greater Melbourne area, with the 1400 career firefighters of the CFA, some of whom had operated in "integrated" staff and volunteer brigades on the Melbourne urban fringe and in other centres. Ex-FRV Commissioner Ken Block stated on 1 July 2020 that under the CFA and MFB merge; Fire Rescue Victoria is now made up of more than 3600 operational firefighters.