The families of the five men are facing bills of around £5,000 each to repatriate their bodies. A local newspaper has started a campaign to raise cash to help towards the costs of returning them to their home country of Gambia.
Councillor Mohammed Idrees, lead Member of West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority has laid a wreath on behalf of the brigade.
The service is paying its respects to the five men who died after a wall collapsed at the Hawkeswood Metal Recycling in Nechells on Thursday morning.
Inquest due to open in to the deaths of five men at recycling site
Nearly £22,000 has been raised for the families of five men who were killed when a wall collapsed at a recycling plant in Birmingham.