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St David's Fire and Rescue Service and Co-Responder Unit, based at the fire station in the country's smallest city

Based at Harverfordwest

Known as a Rural Response Unit, this is the primary fire appliance for Caldey Islands volunteer firefighters. All of the clothing kit is stored in the vehicle rather than in the garages which are not weathertight. Normally the first person to arrive at the station would drive this vehicle to the fire scene and the other firefighters would travel directly to the scene. The station name on the door is shown as the old spelling of 'Caldy' rather than the current spelling which is Caldey. This appliance was delivered to the island by army chinook helicopter in January 2017. Small amounts of damage near each wheel arch can be seen where the straps suspended the vehicle below the helicopter.

This capable off-roader helps the volunteer firefighters of Caldey Island reach all parts of the island. It is a multi-agency vehicle, carrying the badges of the fire service as well as Dyfed-Powys Police, Welsh Ambulance Service, Pembrokeshire County Council and Maritime and Coastguard Agency. The single volunteer coastguard on the island uses the vehicle the most and their yellow jacket can be seen hanging up inside it.

This 1993 appliance is the only full-size fire vehicle on Caldey Island. It was off the run in 2018 as it was awaiting parts to be fixed. Mechanics from the fire service have to rely on boats running to the island to take them and their equipment over. The vehicle is not particularly suited to the small island with few roads, but comes in useful for relaying water.

The line-up of firefighting appliances on Caldey Island in Pembrokeshire. The island is about 2 square kilometres and has little in the way of roads. Around 40 people live there, but this number swells greatly in summer months with day trippers. Six volunteer firefighters crew the vehicles. If they are faced with a major incident, backup firefighters are brought from the mainland by Tenby's lifeboat.

Mid and West Wales FRS Vauxhall Movano Cobra Response Unit

A brand new South Wales fire appliance that is yet to be registered.

This is a Mercedes engine operated by North Wales in conjunction with the Environment Agency.

This is a Mercedes-based truck with Saxon bodywork. It is used by South Wales Fire Service as a control Unit.

North Wales Fire and Rescue Nissan Navara

This specialist Iveco 65C16 fire vehicle is operated in conjunction with Qinetiq. It is a Remote Operated Vehicle Response Team vehicle. It carries personnel and robotic vehicles to major incidents as part of Project GHOST. GHOST stands for Gas cylinder Hazardous Operations Scientific Team. The team are on call 24 hours per day and are dispatched by London Fire Brigade to any incident in the UK within four hours drive. This covers all of Wales and England as far North as Leeds. The rear view shows the array of equipment on the roof including two full-width light bars, cctv and small and large telescopic aerials.

This is a Iveco Daily DIM (Detection, Identification and Monitoring) unit. It has specialist facilities on board to detect, identify and monitor chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear (CBRN) or other hazardous materials. It is part of the New Dimension Programme and a fleet of 18 identical vehicles have been distributed across England and Wales. These special vehicles have no external markings except for fire-brigade coloured checker markings. Additional security includes Yale locks on all doors in addition to the manufacturer's locks. The rear view of the DIM vehicle. The front portion is a three-seater cab. The middle portion is a mini office with computers and communications equipment. The rear of the vehicle is the equipment storage area for air-tight suits, breathing apparatus, decontamination equipment and scene lighting. Blue lights are fitted all-round.

This is the incident command unit used by Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service. This large truck is used to co-ordinate incidents and is equipped with rooms where the strategic planning can take place. Notice how the Welsh word for fire, tan, is also on the front of the truck. The wording on the offside is in English, whilst on the nearside it is in Welsh. You can see from this picture that the telescopic lighting/communications tower is extended. You can also see the additional flood lighting around the side of the vehicle.

This is one of a large number of Incident Response Units that the Government has purchased to respond to a terrorist attack in England and Wales. This one is fleet number 'IRU 010'. These MAN trucks have been converted by Marshall Special Vehicles to carry a wide range of equipment useful for contamination and chemical attack situations among others. The rear view shows the red and yellow battenburg livery and material sides. These slide back to reveal palettes of equipment stored inside. There are no marks to identify the fire brigade county that the vehicle is being used in (and hence they have a non-specific livery). This is because after training nationwide, these vehicles will be collected in, stored and deployed to whichever county needs them in an emergency. To load and unload the palettes of equipment, this Moffett Mounty fork lift truck is attached to the rear. It is fitted with its own blue flashing light and can be used to move other objects at incident scenes. Scotland has three similar-looking Scania appliances for its terrorist response. Here are the vehicles in action. The Moffet Mounty fork-lift is unloading two of the containers of equipment from the side of the MAN. Notice how the fork-lift has a blue flashing light, and can lift two containers at a time. The sides of the fire appliance are accessed by pulling back the curtain sides. The rear looks very different without the fork-lift in place. Look how the entire roof of the appliance has lifted by about half a metre to facilitate access to the containers. Each container is labeled (e.g. offside 3 upper) so that every appliance around the country has the same equipment stored in the same place.