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Mines Rescue

D126 YOO Cumbria Ore Mine Rescue Unit (Comru) Mercedes

D126 YOO Cumbria Ore Mine Rescue Unit (Comru) Mercedes Unimog This rugged off road vehicle can carry a lot of equipment to locations may miles from the nearest road. To keep the vehicle looking good, it has been vinyl wrapped in white with the livery applied over the top.

Police (General)

PX59 BFN This is one of Cumbria Police’s Subaru…



PX59 BFN This is one of Cumbria Police’s Subaru Imprezas. New in the summer of 2009, it is the WRX STI model which is equally at home on Cumbria’s motorways or winding rural roads. The four-wheel drive car is fitted with full emergency warning equipment, including a full-width Premier Hazard light bar and LEDs behind the grille.



A second view of the same Impreza. You can see the Cumbria crest on the bonnet which was hidden by the large air scoop in the previous picture. The standard police battenburg livery is used down each side.

Police (General)

PX03 CCN This is a Cumbria Constabulary Ford Transit…

PX03 CCN This is a Cumbria Constabulary Ford Transit personnel / prisoner transport vehicle. The rear section (without windows) houses a caged area for prisoners. Notice the short blue light bars at diagonally opposite corners of the roof, along with two directional white spot lights in the other corners.

Police (General)

P269 MUY is one of 5 Cumbria Vauxhall Corsas…



P269 MUY is one of 5 Cumbria Vauxhall Corsas which were donated by Vauxhall for Special Constables. They originally had a red stripe with wording announcing the partnership. Full time officers wouldn’t use them, but when they were re-liveried into battenburg, they became much more popular with the full-timers, to the detriment of the Specials.

Police Boats

Merseyside Police Swift Trawler 42

Merseyside Police
Swift Trawler 42
The boat, named Consortium, is a converted Swift Trawler 42 and is the first one of its kind in the UK to be used by police. When launched in 2008, it was designed to be used by forces in Merseyside, Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and North Wales for high-visibility patrols of the regions waterways by the specialist underwater search and marine unit.

Fire In Action

Windermere Fire Exercise

We had the pleasure of being invited to watch some of Cumbria’s retained firefighters training in April 2023. The fire call was to Oldfield Road Garage Ltd who had kindly allowed the service to practice there. After the trainers set up using Windermere’s Land Rover PX57 ETK, the first vehicle to arrive was Windermere’s pump NJ71 FPF, after travelling on blue lights for less than a minute from the fire station on the next street.

The trainers had used smoke bombs to replicate a burning building with casualties played by manikins. Breathing apparatus was quickly donned and hose reels extended. The road was coned off to allow a safe space to work.

Meanwhile a number of other retained crews from neighbouring stations began arriving in their appliances. Staveley (PY68 RHE) and Ambleside (PX11 AFF) attended along with a watch manager (PX16 MHO).

The scene was complicated by it being on a narrow residential road and because of the temporary traffic lights at one end. Fire appliances blocked the road causing motorists to take alternative routes.

Positive pressure ventilation fans were used to help clear the smoke filled building and all casualties were rescued.

 

Classic Fire

JEN 507G is a 1968 Haflinger ‘First Aider’ fire…



JEN 507G is a 1968 Haflinger ‘First Aider’ fire engine. This very small fire engine is by Ryders / Schofield & Sons and was originally painted yellow. The role of the vehicle was to be a first response to fires in difficult terrain, such as off-road. This was helped by its selectable four wheel drive but hindered by its 28 bhp engine.



The side view of this diminutive engine. Two firemen would fill the cramped cabin and it is easy for an adult to look over the top of it. It has a 50 gallon water tank, equipment lockers and a small set of ladders on the roof. This was the only vehicle ever built and served in Sedburgh (Cumbria) until 1981.

Classic Fire

WRM 554S is a 1978 109″ Land Rover HCB/Angus …



WRM 554S is a 1978 109″ Land Rover HCB/Angus light fire appliance. When new, it was destined for Tanzania, but the order was cancelled and it actually started off its life with British Steel, then went on to a paper mill in Cumbria. It was used as a control unit and this can be seen by the red light fitted (it is also fitted with a blue and an amber light). When it retired after 23 years to be placed in a museum it had covered only 3,700 miles!

Search and Rescue

Q164 JBV is one of two Hagglund BV 206s that are …



Q164 JBV is one of two Hagglund BV 206s that are operated by Bay Search and Rescue at Morecambe Bay, Cumbria. These tracked articulated vehicles can cope with extremely boggy conditions, and replaced a hovercraft that was used in the large tidal bay. The Haggs can travel up to 52 km/h on the road and 3 km/h on water.

Mountain Rescue

PY52 JSX This is a cloder look at the Land Rover used …



PY52 JSX This is a cloder look at the Land Rover used by Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team to get help to people who are in difficulties on the fells in the Lake District, Cumbria. A full blue light bar on the roof is complemented with repeaters on the front bumper and around the roof rack.



Flashing blue and white lights help motorists see the vehicle a distance away. This is the one of the three vehicles operated by Cockermouth MRT.



The rear view of the same Land Rover. You can see that the spare wheel cover has specially made art work on it, and the windows are tinted black.

Air Ambulance

This is G-HEMS, a AS365N Dauphin helicopter…



This is G-HEMS, a AS365N Dauphin helicopter that came into service with the Great North Air Ambulance Service in November 2006. It will be permanently stationed in the rugged terrain of Cumbria. Previously the helicopter was London’s air ambulance.

Air Ambulance

G-WAAN This is a Great North Air Ambulance Bolkow…



G-WAAN This is a Great North Air Ambulance Bolkow 105 Eurocopter called the Pride of Cumbria. It is the first air ambulance to be based in the county and cover the mountainous Lake District National Park. Initially based at Appleby, then at Penrith police headquarters, the aircraft will be stationed at a custom-built base in the Gillwilly Industrial Estate, Penrith.



The Cumbria air ambulance had a difficult start. It was launched in August 2004 but was grounded in February 2005 due to a lack of funding. It was re-launched six month later.

Lifeboats

R334 WEC is a Citroen Xantia 1.9 turbo diesel …



R334 WEC is a Citroen Xantia 1.9 turbo diesel estate car used by  Duddon Inshore Rescue, Cumbria. The vehicle is owned by a crew member and has been liveried up at the owner’s expense. It has the call sign of ‘Duddon 16 mobile’.



The rear view of the same car. It carries an interesting light arrangement. The crew are unable to use blue flashing lights. Instead, to increase awareness of the vehicle’s presence, two white strobe lights are mounted on the front grill. These are complimented by flashing lights on the dashboard and on the parcel shelf (red to the rear and white to the front). The car has been admired by the Chief Constable of Cumbria Police.



The striking livery of the car can clearly be seen on this picture. The car is able to carry five crew members and a substantial amount of equipment to an incident. The rescue organisation is a registered charity and is entirely voluntary funded. It welcomes any donations.



The rear three quarters view of the turbo-diesel estate car. The livery is complete with the organisation’s motto of ‘We Exist to Save Lives’.

Bomb Disposal

This is a picture of a Royal Navy EOD Land Rover…



This is a picture of a Royal Navy EOD Land Rover. It is based at Faslane, Scotland and is part of the Northern Diving Group Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team. This is the new livery, previously the colour was blue. The pictures were taken on a beach in Cumbria whilst the team were dealing with an item which had been discovered by the local Coastguard.



A second view of the RN Land Rover.

Police (General)

PX09 CUU This 2009 Ford Transit is based in…



PX09 CUU This 2009 Ford Transit is based in Keswick in the Lake District. It is used to transport officers and detained persons around the rural area. It is fitted with a Vector roof light bar arrangement which is popular on Cumbria vehicles.

Police (General)

X294 SRM is a yellow Mercedes Sprinter Van, used…



X294 SRM is a yellow Mercedes Sprinter Van, used by Cumbria Constabulary as a video van. It is of particular use in town centres to record people’s actions when pubs and clubs close. It hence doubles as a public order van.



The rear view of the same van. It has an unusual paint scheme of having white bodywork on its lower half (mostly behind the battenburg markings) and yellow on the top half.

Nuclear Constabulary

PX51 DDF This is a CNC Ford Focus. It has had a…



PX51 DDF This is a CNC Ford Focus. It has had a slight livery change to reflect the change over from UKAEAC to CNC. It now carries the CNC force badge on the front doors and the website address on the bonnet and rearmost side windows.



The rear view of the same Focus. Notice how the blue light bar has a directional spotlight sprouting from it. The light bar is also attached via the roof rails to avoid damaging the roof and therefore improving the car’s residual value. This example was photographed (with permission) at British Nuclear Fuel’s Sellafield site on the Cumbrian coast.