| EO51
LUE This Peugeot camper van is used as emergency
accommodation to people who have been made homeless due to a fire in their
home. It is operated by volunteers of the Red Cross. |
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| YB03
LUA This Ford Ranger is a F.I.R.E. - BIRD (Ferno
International Rescue Equipment). It has a choice of five removable pods
that are attached to the rear. The user can choose from water rescue,
confined space and rope rescue, major accident rescue, fire rescue and
major incident rescue and decontamination rescue. |
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| YD04
NGB This 2.5-litre turbo diesel truck is the same as the
one above, but shows pod 1: the water rescue unit. Notice how the roof
still has blue flashing lights that are plugged into the cab. It is
sensible to have specialist pods which remove the need to buy five
vehicles, or a smaller number of large vehicles. |
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| GTC
609X This is an old Dodge fire appliance used at
Berkley Power Station as an incident response vehicle. |
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| HOO
124T The Ford is another ex-private company fire engine.
Notice the lack of livery and just 'Fire Service' written on the sides. |
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| C317
HGB This ex-Strathcylde appliance has bodywork by
Fulton Wylie and is a preserved demonstartor. |
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| E755
HRV This old Bedford appliance is ex-Hampshire but has few clues to it's
current role. It has no writing on it, and the square blue lights down the
sides have been replaced with amber lenses. |
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| NK53
FDV This is a
Durham & Darlington FRS Dennis Saber ML /
Excalibur pump. It is being used as a driver training vehicle, and is seen
here on a practice blue light run being driven by senior driving
instructor SO Bob Clark. |
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| NK04
WNR A rear shot of a similar Dennis shows how two
adverts (in 2004) adorn the lockers and add to the Northumberland livery.
This particular engine is based at Hexham. |
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| E842
JYV This is an ex-London Fire Brigade 1988 Dodge Saxon appliance. It has all of
its wording removed and is currently in preservation. |
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| FKU
898V This is a preserved South Yorkshire appliance that
was based at Barnsley. |
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| N107
EOR A yellow LDV van used by Leistershire for equipment
transportation. |
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| NL02
OJN A white-fronted Cleveland Scania / Emergency One
pump. |
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| B537
GWB This preserved old Dennis is an ex-South Yorks.
appliance that was based at Brampton Berlow. |
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| TTV
954X A Nottinghamshire Fire Brigade engine that was
used at for training before being retired. |
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| M225
PHN This Dennis is a Cleveland Heavy Rescue Unit.
Notice the crane located just behind the cab and the flared wheel arches
to accommodate the wider track which aides stability. |
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| The rear view of the same vehicle, which
is based at Stockton. |
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DDC
1 This is a Cleveland Scania G93ML-280 hydraulic platform.
It is rare to see a very old registration plate
transferred to a new vehicle in the public fire service. It was first used
in 1947 on a Dennis F-series pump based at Middlesborough Fire Station. It
was transferred to Stockton's first HP around 1978 and again on to this HP
in 1990.
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| The rear view of the appliance, which is
also based at Stockton. |
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| M985
NVN A Renault Midliner flat-bed truck which is used for
general purposes by Cleveland. |
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| The rear aspect. |
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| Y108
OJA is a Skoda Fabia 1.9 SDI Cleveland fire officer's
car. |
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| F886
KRG This is a Seddon-Atkinson Cleveland Fire Brigade
Incident Support Unit. The blue light bar has been placed behind the 'fire
rescue' sign on top of the cab, meaning that it can't be seen from the
front! |
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| AF02
JLO This white MAN truck is a Cleveland community fire
safety display / office. |
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| HPE
752V This Dennis is used by Serco at the International
Fire Training Centre. Notice the amber light on the roof for use on
airfields. |
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