Category: Airport Fire

AFS 6 This is Heathrow’s Rosenbaur appliance, converted by Angloco. It is Crash Tender 3 at the airport and was new in 2012.

SP09 YLW This Ford Transit is used at Edinburgh Airport by the fire service based there. Notice the absence of any blue lights, and just one small amber strobing light.



The rear view.

R223 SDA This is a silver Vauxhall Vectra that is used for fire cover at York Gliding Centre, Rufforth.



The rear view. Notice the forward facing spot lamps on the roof.

K999 RRV This is a GMC that is used by Helicopter and Aviation Services. It carries a personalised registration and blue and amber flashing lights.



The rear of this off-road appliance showing the pump.

B551 RLP This is a custom-made Boughton fire and rescue appliance used at Tresco Heliport. It has a foam monitor on the roof and very high-profile tyres.

The front view. Notice how the headlights have been moved to the bumper and their previous location replaced with blue flashing lights.

The rear view. In three corners of the roof are blue rotating beacons, and in one an amber beacon.

A view of the fire engine on standby as a helicopter lands.

M132 SCY and WK10 AFZ are the two fire appliances used at St. Mary’s Airport. The fire engine is a yellow Carmichael / Mercedes Benz 1124AF. The red car is Toyota Hilux.



The rear view of the Mercedes.



The rear view of the Toyota.



The side view of the Toyota.

SY58 CEU The Scottish Highland and Islands Airports Fire Service operate this Carmichael / Land Rover at Barra Airport. It has had the body extended to accommodate equipment lockers and ladders, meaning the addition of a second rear axle. The reason for having this unusual vehicle is because the main runway is a tidal beach. A heavier vehicle would struggle to drive on the sand.

SY52 EGU Also at Barra Airport is this support Land Rover which is fitted with amber and blue warning lights on the roof.

SY04 ZRX This dark red Land Rover Defender is used at Benbecula Airport, on the Isle of Benbecula in the Scottish Highlands. It is operated by the Highlands and Islands Airport FRS, which cover 11 small airports.

This is the line up of firefighting vehicle at Newcastle Airport in 2010. The three primary response engines are Rosenbauer Pathfinders. Left to right is engine 1 to 3, YK55 CCA, YJ07 AAF and YJ07 AAE.

YJ07 AAF Here a Newcastle Rosenbauer Pathfinder demonstrates its water monitors by spraying a demonstration rig.

Watch a video of this vehicle in action!

NC04 LPZ is a Ford Ranger 4×4 Turbo Diesel. It is used by Newcastle International Airport’s fire service. It carries a orange and green stripe down the side on top of a white and purple colour scheme. It is fitted with a light bar on the roof that can show amber or blue lights.

WP05 NBO This silver Mitsubishi Shogun is an Airport Fire Incident Command vehicle. It is used for support work at Leeds-Bradford Airport.

A line up of fire appliances at Leeds Bradford Airport in 2008. Left to right: L649 YDG a Simon Protector, R413 BNF a Boughton Barracuda and YB02 BZP a Carmichael Cobra 2.

Two Stornoway Airport fire appliances, both Simon Protectors.

J39 FJS This is a Simon Gloster Saro Protector which is part of the Highlands & Islands Airports Limited fleet, based at Inverness.

This unregistered Land Rover fire engine is used at Compton Abbas Airfield in Dorset. It is fitted with blue and amber flashing beacons and carries basic fire fighting equipment.

MX53 ZTB This is a Scania engine that is used at Manchester Airport. It has a 11.7 litre engine and is registered so it can be used outside of the airport if needed. It is a similar size to county fire engines.

G175 SCH is a GMC small fire appliance used at Elvington, North Yorkshire. After many years sitting in the garages, it has been fixed and is operational.

Q473 VWP This Range Rover (with bodywork by Carmichael) is used for airfield fire cover at the Ulster Flying Club, Northern Ireland.

GDZ 5909 This is one of the fleet of airport fire vehicles that are used at Belfast International Airport.

RZ 03 AA This is a Unipower / Carmichael fire engine that is used at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire.

This Land Rover Discover 3 is a brightly-coloured fire car in use at Belfast International.

This photo shows a pair of airport fire tenders from Carlisle Airport. Notice the striking yellow and blue colour-scheme and the blue light and foam monitor on the roof.

L53 CAD This is a Simon Gloster Saro Protector 6×6 fire appliance used at Humberside International Airport. The vehicle wears an unusual day glow yellow livery rather then the traditional red. It is fitted with both blue flashing lights and an orange beacon to increase its visibility even further.



The rear view of the same vehicle showing the radiator for its massive engine.

R761 NFW This Boughton Barracuda is one of three used by Humberside International Airport. When fully laden it weighs 32 tonnes and has a top speed of over 70 mph. This is one-third of a million pound appliance features both a roof mounted and a front mounted water monitors to extinguish fires with.



The rear view of the Barracuda. Just visible are the floodlights which can be telescopically extended upwards to provide illumination at the scene of an incident.

K359 DSG This Volvo FL6 fire appliance is used by the Young Firefighters group at Edinburgh airport.

YK55 CCA is a Rosenbauer Panther Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting Vehicle which was new to Newcastle International Airport in September 2005. This vehicle features many innovative features such as remote controlled roof and bumper turrets for spraying water and an windscreen which can clear water droplets instantly without the use of windscreen wipers.



The rear view of the same vehicle. The all wheel drive truck has two diesel engines, with one used for propulsion and the other for pumping water and foam and has a top speed of 115 km/h.



It is seen here wearing its purple and white corporate livery next to the airport’s fire training rig.

M803 LCN is a Carmichael International Cobra 2 6×6 crash rescue tender, also from Newcastle Airport. This vehicle provided the front line fire cover at the airport along with the Rosenbaur.

Appliances F953 JRG and J912 PUP with Toyota Hi-Lux pick up S119 BVK join the above vehicles in the line up at Newcastle Airport’s runway-side fire station.