Metropolitan Fire Brigade
Metropolitan Fire Brigade Channel Plan & TGID's.
The Metropolitan Fire Brigade provides Fire, Rescue and EMR response within the Metropolitan Fire District (MFD).
The remainder of Victoria's fire and rescue response is primarily provided the Country Fire Authority (CFA), although areas such as state parks and forrests may see a response by the Department of Sustainabilty & Environment which maintains a fire response capabilty in selected areas.
The MFB make use of the Metropolitan Mobile Radio (MMR) Network for it's communication needs. At present Motorola Astro XTL 5000 Model W3, Astro XTL 5000 Model 5 and Astro XTS 5000 R Model III radios are used. They make use of both trunking and non-trunking P25 protocols in their system. Also found in MFB appliances, support vehciles and command assests are Motorola MCS2000 for use on the Country Fire Authority radio network, although as the CFA is currently changing to new TAIT radios this may change in the future.
All mobile (XTL Series) radios are programmed with the inclusion of a small number of encrypted TGID's in addition to the usual un-encrypted TGID's. None of the general issue safety yellow portables carry the encrypted TGID's however the MFB maintain a small number of black portables with the encryption module and TGID's installed.
The MFB also have access to two trailer mounted portable repeaters to use on taskforces or protracted incidents where they need to increase their trunking P25 capabilties or use of their non-trunking P25 channels is not ideal to use. These trailers permit a short term extension of the MMR Network in an area not usually serviced by the network.
The MFD is currently made up of 5 Districts over 2 Regions, with each District having it's own channel (TGID) for operations. It is common practise for several of those channels to be 'patched' with another.
Central District - North West Metro Region
Fire Station 1 - Eastern Hill
Fire Station 2 - West Melbourne
Fire Station 3 - Carlton
Fire Station 8 - Burnley Training Complex *Not part of usual operations but active for training or in time of large protracted incident.
Fire Station 10 - Richmond
Fire Station 38 - South Melbourne
Northern District - North West Metro Region
Fire Station 4 - Brunswick
Fire Station 5 - Broadmeadows
Fire Station 6 - Pascoe Vale
Fire Station 7 - Thomastown
Fire Station 9 - Somerton
Fire Station 11 - Epping
Fire Station 12 - Preston
Fire Station 13 - Northcote
Fire Station 14 - Bundoora
Fire Station 15 -Heidelberg
Fire Station 16 - Greensborough
Fire Station 52 - Tullamarine
Southern District - South East Metro Region
Fire Station 24 - Malvern
Fire Station 29 - Clayton
Fire Station 32 - Ormond
Fire Station 33 - Mentone
Fire Station 34 - Highett
Fire Station 35 - Windsor
Fire Station 39 - Port Melbourne
Western District - North West Metro Region
Fire Station 40 - Laverton
Fire Station 41 - St. Albans
Fire Station 42 - Newport
Fire Station 43 - Deer Park
Fire Station 44 - Sunshine
Fire Station 45 - Spotswood
Fire Station 46 - Altona
Fire Station 47 - Footscray
Fire Station 48 - Taylors Lakes
Fire Station 49 - Laverton North
Fire Station 50 - Ascot Vale
Fire Station 51 - East Keilor
Eastern District - South East Metro Region
Fire Station 18 - Hawthorn
Fire Station 19 - North Balwyn
Fire Station 20 - Box Hill
Fire Station 22 - Ringwood
Fire Station 23 - Burwood
Fire Station 25 - Oakleigh
Fire Station 26 - Croydon
Fire Station 27 - Nunawading
Fire Station 28 - Vermont South
Fire Station 30 - Templestowe
Fire Station 31 - Glen Waverley
