Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) is a modern fire and rescue service that meets the needs of twenty-first century Victoria.

The new organisation was established on 1 July 2020 as part of Victoria’s Fire Services Reforms.

The Fire Rescue Victoria Act 1958 is available on the Victorian Parliament’s Legislation and Bills website.

We serve and protect communities across Melbourne and Victoria’s major regional centres.

There are 85 FRV stations located across the state. Our firefighters operate 47 fire stations in metropolitan Melbourne and 38 regional stations, most of which are co-located with CFA volunteer brigades.

We respond to fires, complex rescues, road crashes, emergency medical calls and hazardous chemical spills.

Our people are highly trained and ready to respond to emergencies across Victoria, Australia, and the world.

We work as one in the emergency services sector.

FRV proudly works with the Country Fire Authority (CFA), which is a community-based volunteer fire service.

Volunteers are vital to Victoria’s strong fire and rescue service capability. The safety of our community and our firefighters relies on us working together.

Purpose/Outcome
The Western District 1 (WD1) office at Brooklyn has experienced problems with poorly performing HVAC . In late 2019 consideration was given to upgrading at least part of the HVAC after a report was prepared by BSA which identified that repairs to the existing system would be problematic, especially due to the age of the system. The system is at end of life, does not provide acceptable air conditioning as has effectively failed. This requires replacement.

With the COVID lockdown of 2020, the office was largely unoccupied and the replacement was put on hold.

There are a number of problems as a result of the current state like

If the work does not proceed, there will be significant disruption to existing users of the office, especially in summer months on level 1 , which is the worst affected areas.