PN02 SVR This is a Keswick Mountain Rescue Land Rover Defender Td5.



The side view of the same Landy. It has minimal livery but the bright orange stripe and roof make it stand out from other traffic. All sides have bright floodlights to illuminate the ground immediate around the vehicle.



The rear view. The high-intensity blue flashing lights at the rear complement the light bar at the front of the roof and the repeaters on the front grille. The white pole to the right is a telescopic communications antenna, essential in mountainous terrain where mobile ‘phones don’t work.



The rear three-quarter view. The registration plate is just visible behind the ladder and mesh protector.

PN02 SVP ‘SVP’ is the identical sister vehicle to ‘SVR’.

R242 WRM This is Keswick’s custom-built Ford Transit County. It is in the same livery as their Land Rovers, with just as much ground clearance.



The front view, showing the flashing lights and the roof rack.



The rear. The door is hinged at the top so it swings up and out of the way to allow a casualty on a stretcher to be loaded. The injured party is then driven to a waiting ambulance or taken directly to hospital.



The rear three-quarter view of the Transit. The roof rack can be quickly removed by unplugging the electrics and unclipping the metal clamps.

12 KJ 09 This RAF Mountain Rescue Landrover Defender 110 carries a yellow tiger-stripe livery over a dark green body colour. It is fitted with two blue rotating beacons on the roof.

Y221 PWT and YH03 OSB: A Land Rover Defender and a Vauxhall Movano from Holme Valley MRT. Notice that both vehicles carry blue lights, have a red and white checkered band down the sides and are labeled as ambulances.

In this scenic shot the MR Land Rover is joined by a RAF Sea King helicopter.

J263 TNC This is a Glossop Mountain Rescue Land Rover Defender. It has a blue light on the roof, with repeaters on the grille. Also note the small spotlights at either side of the windscreen and the equipment stowed on the roof.

YW52 FKX is a Mercedes RAF Mountain Rescue van at Loxley Hill, Hope.

This is one of three Land Rover Defenders run by the North West Mountain Rescue Team. They operate from Londonderry, Belfast and Fermanagh in Northern Ireland.

P143 UGG Also belonging to the North West MRT is this LDV Convoy. It is used for search and rescue purposes in areas such as that shown in the backdrop, but is not fitted with any blue beacons.

The next three photographs show the Northumberland National Park Search and Rescue Team. The team have been in operation since 1963 and are based at Northumbria Police’s headquarters in Ponteland near Newcastle. Using the highly capable Landrover, here we see a muddy and slippy hill descended with ease.

The Land Rover now enters deep, dirty water and is equally at home. The vehicles are fitted with blue flashing lights and ‘search and rescue ambulance’ lettering.

X56 WGR and M846 HCN Two of the Land Rovers comfortably make their way across the water.

V763 EDB A mountain rescue Land Rover outside one of the most famous pubs in the country, The Rovers Return from TV soap opera Coronation Street!

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RAF Mountain Rescue
Land Rover Defender
A rather scenic view of a Lake District Fell with a RAF Mountain Rescue Land Rover. The versatility of this vehicle is perfect for the terrain the rescuers cover.

Combined personnel from Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team (BPMRT) and Rossendale Search and Rescue Team (RSRT) carry a ‘casualty’ to two Land Rover 110s. The BPMRT Land Rover (One Zero) is fitted with homemade detachable cages for all the equipment. They can easily be removed and put into another vehicle enabling a stretcher to be carried.



There is one noticeable difference between RSRT’s vehicle (on the left) and BPMRT’s (on the right) – the grille-mounted blue lights. BPMRT are now fitting these to all their vehicles to aid safe passage when using ‘blues and twos’. It was found that because the Land Rover is higher than most vehicles, when it was close behind a car the car driver was only able to see the grille and was unaware that it was an emergency vehicle. The grilles will also be painted fluorescent yellow.

V761 EDB This Land Rover is joined by two other 110s used by the Bolton Mountain Rescue Team, based in the Mid Pennines and the sister team of Bowland Pennine & Rossendale. Notice the ‘V’ shape of blue lights and the additional blue lights next to the winches.