| T827
JKH A T plate Humberside Fire Brigade Mercedes-Benz Sprinter
412D. This van is used for engineering support and is fitted with a amber
flashing light bar with the working 'fire'. |
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| G73
NAG A side shot of a G registration Dennis appliance.
This is one of five identical vehicles that were bought in 1989. It seems
to be suffering from the firefighters request for a pay rise, being
covered in a number of yellow 'Y' support stickers. |
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| The front / side view, showing the lighting and livery
layout. |
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| R512 MPY is one of a pair of foam / water carrying
appliances bought by NYF&RS in 1998. The identical sister vehicle is
R513 MPY. They are Volvo FL6.18 trucks with specialist touches including
massive tanks and silver grilles and bumpers. |
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| The side view, showing the petrol-tanker style bodywork
supplied by Massey Tankers. A fixed ladder is on the nearside to allow
access to the top of the tank. |
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| The rear view. The water level meter can be seen alongside
a locker and the blue warning lamps. This appliance often travels long
distances to incidents and is sometimes on the run empty. This means that
it can get about far faster and then use its powerful vacuum pump at an
incident to fill up. |
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| NX03 JZL is a Volvo fire appliance based at Tadcater, North
Yorkshire. It is a rescue unit built by Excalibur Specialist Vehicles and
was new in April 2003. |
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| The side view of the same engine, showing the lack of roof
mounted ladders and large amount of lockers. This engine carries a small
dinghy (oar-powered) for use on standing water. |
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| WF52
XVP A North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service 52-plate
Volkswagen Golf estate fire car. This VW is fitted with a roof blue light
and two strobe repeaters below the registration plate, as well as a siren. |
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| A 1998 South Yorkshire Mercedes-Benz 1124F rescue pump in
Sheffield. |
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| NU52
RGX One of four Volvo FL6H-based appliances built by Cummock-based
Emergency One UK for North Yorkshire F&RS. This engine was based at
York for a few days before being moved to Selby. This happened because
this was the first of a newer, wider Volvo that struggled to negotiate the
narrow streets of the city of York. |
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| A NYF&RS decontamination demountable pod based at
Selby. |
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| TD52
TWW A Mercedes Bronco Syklift appliance in use. Its stabilisers
can be seen which allow the boom to move to a greater number of positions
without risking tipping the appliance over. |
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| The lift can be used to reach over obstacles, not just to
reach heights. Here the operator is working the controls from the seated
position at the base of the boom. |
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| There are duplicate controls in the cradle, which allow the
operator to move themselves about to great accuracy. Here the cradle looks
to be hovering a few inches above the ground, some distance from the
appliance. |
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| A close-up look at the controls. The advanced electronics
prohibits the user from moving the cradle to a position that could risk
tipping the appliance. |
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| EX02
WFB This is a shot of an 02 registration
Nissan Almera fire car belonging to London Fire Brigade. |
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| The rear view of an identical vehicle.
LFB have a fleet of these cars which run on liquid petroleum gas (LPG). |
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| FKU
898Y This is a South Yorkshire Fire Service
Dennis appliance. Now in preservation, this 1980 appliance was originally
stationed at Barnsley. Notice how the same livery is being used through to
the early 2000's. |
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| NU52
HUJ This is a 52 plate Iveco Daily
Environmental Protection Unit from Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue
Service. |
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| The rear view showing the plain red
rear. |
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| STY
31S This is 1977 S-reg Dennis rescue tender
from Durham County Fire Brigade. |
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| D118
HHN This is a 1986 (Communist) East German
Trabant 601S fire car. It was donated to Cleveland County Fire Brigade by
German fire services. The Trabant is powered by a two-stroke engine and
has plastic bodywork. |
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| Q288
YAW This is a 1969 TACR1 (Truck Airfield
Crash Rescue, Mark 1). It is one of 78 built by HCB Angus and served at
RNAS Daedalus until 1988. It is Landrover hybrid with a 2.25 litre petrol
engine. |
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| B856
SAJ This is a B registration aircraft crash
rescue Range Rover. |
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| This is one of London Fire Brigade's
boats, based on the Thames at Lambeth. |
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| NL02
OJN This is a 2002 Cleveland Scania P94D
appliance. |
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| NK03
HPL Here is a 2003 Dennis Sabre fire
appliance, callsign 'Quebec Zero One'. This appliance is based at
Darlington. |
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| V270
JWP This is a Vauxhall Movano Community Fire
Safety van operated by Durham & Darlington Fire & Rescue. |
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| F66
LBW This ex-Buckinghamshire 1988 Leyland pumping appliance is operated
by a private company that provides fire cover during specialist events.
Note that this appliance has a dayglo orange paint scheme, as opposed to the
traditional red. |
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