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SV54 AUJ This is a 10-crewcab Scania belonging to Grampian Fire & Rescue, with Emergency One (UK) bodywork. It is '711' which is based at Peterhead full-time station. The most striking thing is that the engine's base colour is white (as is the rest of Grampians engines). Rumour has it that this is because any replacement panels would have had to be sprayed with a base colour of white before the red - so this colour scheme saves time and money!
SV51 EVY This Grampian's '963'; a Scania aerial ladder platform. Written on the cab doors is the corporate slogan 'Preventing Protecting Responding'.
YY52 UVS This Vauxhall Astra is one of a number of identical vehicles used for fire brigade work by Humberside. From a distance they look very much like police cars.
YY52 UVO The rear shot of another identical Astra.
YW02 KPL Humberside also have Vauxhall Movanos on the run. This example shows the minimal livery and small blue flashing light.
Y643 KDP This unusual 6-wheeled fire vehicle is a Angloco Steyr-Daimler-Puch Pinzgauer. The light pump is operated by Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service and is based at Crowthorne.
VS 68 AA is a Defence Fire Service Volvo appliance.
RX04 SMU This is a  Merercedes-Benz Econic Operational Support Unit from Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue's fleet.
The rear view of the OSU, showing the fork-lift truck that is used to unload it.
WX54 VLU This 'new dimension' engine is a specialist vehicle supplied by the Office for the Deputy Prime Minister. It is a Prime Mover / Hose Layer / Heavy Pump, based on a M.A.N chassis converted by Marshall Specialist Vehicles.
The rear view of the same fire engine.
A close up of the front of this fire bus shows that it is fitted with blue and red flashing lights on the roof. Fire command vehicles are permitted to show a red and white checkered light, but why does this vehicle have solid red? If you know why, please e-mail us using the link at the top or bottom of this page.
This Mercedes Appliance has yet to be registered and assigned. Notice the bumper mounted emergency stop button for the winch and the flood lights on the roof.
WX04 WVD is a Dennis Sabre water rescue pump operated by Wiltshire Fire Brigade. It has bodywork by JDC and is stationed in Swindon.
WX53 FBG is a Mercedes Econic turn-table ladder unit with Angloco bodywork. It is seen here with its stabilisers and telescopic boom extended. The appliance is based at Swindon.
We now have a Ford Focus C-MAX demonstrator fire car. It has only the roof mounted light bar and is shown here in a generic fire livery.
The side view. The vehicle could be used to carry fire officers on day-to-day duties or on blue lights to incidents.
This is a ScotTrack Glencoe All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) belonging to North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue. It is a tracked personnel and equipment carrier that is used in very inaccessible areas (moorland for example). It is fitted with a blue flashing light on the cab roof as well as some livery. It doesn't carry a registration plate.
The side view. Notice how the twin-seated cab has material sides and roof. Also notice the lack of a steering wheel! The driver controls the vehicle by a joystick arrangement. Front- and rear- facing floodlights are also fitted. The ATV is carried on a trailer towed by a fire brigade Land Rover. This example was new in 1993 and is based at Northallerton, it's sister vehicle is a 1995 version based at Kirkbymoorside.
N765 YEF This Volvo FL6.14 is the Incident Command Unit for North Yorkshire. In an unusual white livery, this ICU carries communication equipment and office space for use at major incidents.
The rear view of this 1996 vehicle, which was converted by Baileys Totalfleet. It is stationed at NYF&RS's HQ.
M470 KOV This Dennis SS239 is on the run at Erdington, Birmingham. It is one of a fleet of eight identical engines with successive registrations run by West Midlands Fire Service. It replaced a J-reg Dennis-Carmichael.

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