| Firefighters continue damping down after a house fire. The
roof was blown off these flats by a gas explosion. Notice the officer in the
checked bib who is in charge of the breathing apparatus board. |
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| A 2002 Mercedes Bronco Skylift appliance from NYF&RS. |
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| The front view of the same appliance. It is pictured here on
the run at York's fire station. It is running on trade plates (398 BT)
registered to NYF&RS, and will probably be '52' registered. During
August and September 2002 it has been moving around fire stations to train
fire fighters on this new appliance. This very photograph appeared in
Turnout magazine. |
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| This was the oldest fully operational appliance used by the Tyne and Wear Fire
Brigade in 2002. Alpha 07 is the mobile incident command unit that is used to co-ordinate a large
fire. The appliance dates back to 1980. Here it is with two fire cars that are used by senior officers. It was dealing with a large scrap yard fire. |
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| The size of this vehicle can clearly be seen from this picture. Typically, it houses a large array of equipment, including maps, chemical information, emergency lighting and a sophisticated fire ground radio system. Also on this photograph is a Northumbria Police Ford Focus that has closed the road off.
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| Next, we have an incident support unit photographed in York. This diesel powered van has a large carrying capacity for specialist equipment. |
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NBB A general use fire service Land Rover boasting its sponsor's name on the side. |
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E789
LAJ is a1987 Dennis DS153 Emergency Tender. |
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B178
NHN is a Carmichael Bedford TKG Water Tender (with 13.5m ladder). |
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A Fire Brigade Land Rover Defender 110. Ghost: the frontal view. |
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Now here's a Fireground Feeding Unit for hungry firefighters at long or major incidents.
You can also see the white Fire Brigade Ford Transit (with blue lights) used to tow it. |
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R692
NCU is a Tyne and Wear appliance; a Dennis Sabre ML 322A12VGS8. It
was based at Washington (Sierra) Station when this photograph was taken in
2000. |
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Here we have a Peugeot Fire car. These vehicles are a rare sight on UK roads, especially seeing one with the blue lights being used. Some of the older fire cars are white, as depicted by the old Peugeot in the background. |
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X529
JDC is another very similar vehicle, looking very new and
shiny, but without blue lights fitted. |
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V848
EJR is a Vauxhall Corsa Fire Car, used by Northumberland Fire Brigade. It has a combined double blue light and siren on the roof. |
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X337
WUP is a Vauxhall
Astra estate belonging to the Tyne and Wear Fire Brigade Arson task Force |
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Here are two views of
F843 JBB, a Volvo FL6.14 Emergency Tender. It was made in 1988 and
was based at the South Shields (Kilo) station of T&WMFB.
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G935
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is Xray-9-7, a driver training fire engine. It is
a Volvo FL6.14 and was based at West Denton, Newcastle. |
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Below is a side view showing the a livery used by Tyne and Wear.
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This is a Mercedes rescue unit based at Gloucester. Note the hydraulic arm behind the cab. |
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this is one of two aerial ladder platforms (ALP) in Gloucestershire. It's built by Carmichael and is not much longer than an ordinary appliance due to the use on windy roads around the county. This unit is believed to be the 'county' unit, the other ALP being used only for Cheltenham. |
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Here is an old appliance now used for educational
purposes. |
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