N423 NTL Philips 66 and Total use this Volvo / Angloco appliance that can carry various pods on the rear. Here it is carrying a unit that produces a special type of foam that is used to quell oil fires.
The rear view.
YN56 FUV Philips 66 and Total use this Volvo / Angloco appliance. It is seen here unloading a high volume pumping unit.
The view from the rear as the arm carefully lift the unit off the rear of the chassis.
FX52 OAJ A Land Rover Defender that is used by the fire safety department of Total at their Humberside oil refinery.
SA61 XCG Philips 66 use this Nissan Nivara for fire cover at their Humber oil refinery.
FX58 ZRO A company called Philips 66 use this Mercedes Sprinter van for fire cover at their Humber Refinery.
Another view of the van.
FY07 WHJ A Toyota Hilux fire safety car, used by Total at Lindsey Oil Refinery.
R107 FFE A Volvo FL10 / Angloco rescue tender used by Total at Lindsey Oil Refinery.
A look down the side of the unit that carries CO2.
With the locker shutters up you can see some of the neatly stored equipment.
Total’s firefighters rush to the rescue tender.
The sign and flags at the entrance to Total’s Lindsey Oil Refinery.
YX59 DNN An Iveco Eurocargo Water Tender/Rescue Tender in service with Humberside.
YJ07 ZJZ A Mercedes / Econic combined aerial rescue pump with Humbside FRS.
YJ12 APU A Scania P280 / Emergency One stationed at Scunthorpe. It is part of Humberside’s fleet.
YJ07 ZJZ, YX03 FVL, YJ12 APU, YJ12 APV, T492 SRH The 2013 line up at Scunthorpe Fire Station.
NJ13 OSO A Subaru WRX doctor car. It is the 2.5 litre turbocharged model that provides 300 bhp, 300 lb ft of torque and a 0-62 mph time of 5.2 seconds.
Another look at the car showing the green and blue flashing lights. It is used in the NHS Grampian area.
Here is a shot of the car out and about. It is based at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
YY11 FVD A Skoda Yeti that is in service with Eagle Ambulance Service.
The rear.
A Hampshire Police BMW 530. It is seen here brand new before going into service.
A look down into the boot. A complex array of wiring is mounted below the boot floor to control the radios, lighting and other police-spec equipment.
A Vauxhall Combo van police demonstrator.
TJA 972X An ex-Greater Manchester Police Range Rover.
A close up look at the police sign on the roof showing the raised letters.
RY03 HEV This ex-ambulance Ford Mondeo estate has half of its livery removed. Both roof bars have been slid to the front in place of the blue light bar.
The rear.
CV12 EGF A Land Rover Discovery Traffic Officer car. The Welsh translation Swyddog Traffig is shown on the bonnet along with the English.
As the Highways Agency only covers England, this vehicle is operated by the Welsh Government. It is almost identical to English HATO cars.
A closer look at the wording on the door.
A Volvo V70 ambulance co-responder car.
The rear view.
A Vauxhall Combo van for North Yorkshire FRS.
The rear view of the multi-purpose non-emergency vehicle.
K166 GWY A West Yorkshire Police Vauxhall Cavalier dating from 1993. It is the powerful SRI model and was in service from 1993 to 1997. It is now preserved.
The rear view, showing the red-on-red chevrons and matrix sign where the registration plate usually sits. The registration plate has been placed on the bumper and an additional light added to illuminate it at night (a legal requirement). This rear arrangement was standard on West Yorkshire traffic vehicles right through to the mid Noughties.
F819 LOO A Ford Granada 2.9 4×4 that is in preservation. It is one of eight such cars that Ford produced and trialled in various police forces. The car shown was loaned to Wiltshire Constabulary in 1988 and was retired in 1991.
The car has many various changes from the standard model, the most noticeable being the aerodynamic casing for the roof-mounted lights. This was revolutionary but ultimately unsuccessful due to the increased cost.
A closer look at the special roof. The centre square flips up to display different messages to traffic behind. The appropriate message from a fixed selection is placed onto the vertical surface.
The rear of the concept car. The large white boxes on the boot lid are rear-facing flashing lights that operate when the boot is open.
A Mitsubishi Mirage ambulance/fire co-responder car. It has no blue lights fitted.
The rear view of the car that is primarily for ambulance services.
A BMW M1 police interceptor concept. The matt black bodywork is left partially exposed, and the front is covered with large yellow and blue livery to match the battenburg down each side. In addition to the usual blue flashing lights on the roof, grille and wings, there is a triple-width flashing light mounted on the dashboard.
The rear view.
LD13 MWG A BMW 5-series police demo car.
At the back are bright blue flashing LEDs either side of the registration plate.
A 2013 model Ford Transit Custom is Ford Demonstrator police livery. From this body shape onwards, the front wheel drive low-roof version is called a Transit Custom rather than just a Transit.
The rear view.
B414 BSD This beach buggy style open-top car is marked up as an ambulance car. It is a bespoke car built on a Range Rover chassis.
Another view of the buggy that is used for promotional work.
The rear, showing the bulky spare wheel.
Another view of the buggy.
FT12 WNU An Audi A4 police car that is used by Rennicks Nikkalite to advertise their vehicle livery services.
The rear.
A Honda V4 Crosstourer motorbike with Sussex Police markings.
A look at the rear of the small tourer showing the three large pannier and top boxes.
RJ62 NYU A Honda CR-V police demonstrator.
The rear.
LX13 CUK A 2013 LAS Skoda Octavia rapid response car.
A look from the back with the doors and boot open.
GKX 478N A 1974 Rover 3500. The police car has been perfectly preserved and looks just as it would when new.
The rear view of the iconic car.
A closer look at the bonnet badge, traffic officer cap.
A closer look at the roof-mounted equipment.
A VW Beetle being used as a promotional vehicle by RVG.
The rear view. The offside has police coloured battenburg markings whereas the nearside has ambulance colours.
A Mercedes Sprinter that has been converted into an ambulance by Manchester-based Cartwright. 21 of these vehicles from the Taurus range have been supplied to the Yorkshire Ambulance Service in 2013.
A look inside the rear.
LX62 CLO A VOSA traffic enforcement Peugeot Boxer. A small sliding window in the sliding door can be opened for a camera to be used. A canopy can also be extended from the side of the van.
The wording on the rear of the van.
A closer look at the logo on the side of the van. VOSA is an agency of the Department of Transport and it uses the cross-Government standard crest and font.
A Mini Countryman in Fire demonstration livery.
The rear view of the Cooper D model.
Looking square on to the rear, a metal locker pattern has been added.
A Mini Countryman demonstrator decked out as an NHS First Responder ambulance car.
The rear.
This Police Audi R8 has been daubed with pink graffiti. Thankfully it is only a mock-up for a vehicle livery company.
The rear view.
A Merseyside Police Mercedes Sprinter carrying Operation Matrix branding, targeting gun and drug crime.
The rear view.
A Mitsubishi L200 HA Traffic Officer car.
The rear view showing variable message sign and additional light bar due to the stepped roof.
OV61 VZL A Jaguar XKR that is being used as a promotional vehicle for Premier Hazard. The car has a Union Flag colour scheme.
The rear showing the slogan “Celebrating 30 years – Best of British”.
YK57 AOL This is a Mercedes Econic CARP, combined aerial rescue pump, that is stationed at Sheffield’s central fire station in South Yorkshire.
The rear view.
MX62 NSZ Three Home Office Immigration Enforcement vans lined up. These conspicuous vehicles carry dark and light blue battenburg markings and are all Mercedes Benz Vitos.
WN60 CVY A command support unit based on a Mercedes Sprinter van. South Yorkshire use this vehicle as a smaller command unit for large incidents. Notice the telescopic cctv camera at the rear and the folding satellite dish on the roof.
The rear view.
The vehicle in use.
Y665 HUG A Mercedes Econic / Saxon command support unit for South Yorkshire FRS.
The rear view of the unit that is sent to major incidents. Notice the TV on the side that can be used to relay messages or news broadcasts.
L705 MKY This 1994 Prime Mover is a Mercedes 1820 with bodywork by Lacer. It was still in service in 2013 with South Yorkshire FRS.
The rear view.
The 2013 line up at Tankersley Fire Station, South Yorkshire.
WN11 PYA A Mitsubishi Outlander that is in service with Police Scotland on the Mainland of Shetland.
The rear view of the car.
SW08 KXM This is a VW Transporter ambulance that is in service with the Scottish Ambulance Service. In 2013 it holds the record for the most Northerly-stationed emergency vehicle in the UK. It is based at Baltasound in the North of the island of Unst, the most northerly of the Shetland Islands. It’s location, near 61 degrees North, makes it further North than Oslo in Norway.
The rear view. The vehicle is stationed outdoors but is plugged in to keep the battery in peak condition. Just 10m South is a fire station.
Michael and Jane Vernon is the Severn-Class lifeboat based at Lerwick, the capital of the Shetland Islands. It has been in service at the station since 1997 and carries a small Y-class inflatable.
The rear view of the 17m long lifeboat. Its two 1200 hp engines can propel it up to 25 knots.
DX08 PVP A Scania P310 / Emergency One rescue pump with Shropshire FRS based at Telford.
The rear view.
NU07 NDZ A RMP Vauxhall Vectra.
The rear view.
Two military police officers showing their uniforms. There is a conflicting combination of camouflage tops and trousers, with high visibility waistcoats on top! Military police are readily recognised by their red berets.
NX58 JZD A Ford Mondeo with the Royal Military Police.
The rear view.
HX59 EJL, WX59 GTZ, WX59 BGV A line up of three of the HART vehicles with NEAS.
HX59 EJL A Nissan Nivara that is an incident response unit with NEAS’s HART team.
WX59 BGY This photo shows the equipment carried in a North East Ambulance Service incident response unit. The vehicle is part of the HART (hazardous area response team).
A look at the same vehicle from the rear.
F453 WAD Tingwall Airport’s Rescue and Fire Fighting Service have this GMC fire appliance with a massive 6.1 litre engine.
Another look at the GMC.
The rear view, showing the cradles that can be used for carrying BA sets.
A closer look at the rear pump.
SY11 FMU This is Fire 1, Tingwall Rescue and Fire Fighting Service’s first response appliance. It is an Iveco Daily converted to a 4×4 vehicle by County.
The rear view.
K519 LST Sumbrugh (Shetland) Fire 3 appliance is seen here leaning as it travels at speed down the taxi way.
A closer look at the Highlander Protector rapid intervention vehicle.
The rear of the appliance as it returns to base.
Sandown and Shanklin’s inshore rescue boat outside the team’s base.
F146 NPM Sandown and Shanklin Independent Lifeboat use this Matbro tractor unit to launch their boat. Based on the Isle of Wight, they work alongside three RNLI stations.
A second view of the tractor in use.
J201 GMP Oban Airport Fire Service use this 1992 yellow Protector crash tender.
A593 YUY Oban Airport Fire Service use this yellow 1983/4 crash tender.
Another view of the appliance.
DX62 GXL This Scania P280 / Emergency One is in service in Lichfield city centre.
The rear view.
Southsea RNLI Lifeguards use this red 4×4 for beach patrol and rescue work.
WU60 ZFG A Skoda Yeti operated by Out Of Hours GP Care for B&NES. This vehicle is based at the Royal United Hospital, Bath.
The rear view of the Yeti.
L77 SMM Emergency Response Driver Training Ltd use this white Vauxhall Insignia for publicising the business and for blue light training. It is a 2010 model with a two-litre turbo diesel engine.
The rear view of the Insignia. This car replaces a silver Ford Focus that carried the same registration plate.
L77 SMM A Silver Ford Focus that is used for driver training by Emergency Response Driver Training Ltd.
The rear view of the Focus. The private plate letter SMM relate to the company director’s initials.
VX61 HYV Birmingham-based Fastaid’s MG 6 community first responder car. The car is on loan from MG.
N25 USH Surrey SAR use this Land Rover Defender for rescue work. It uses blue lights and is registered as an ambulance.
A closer look at the front of the vehicle, including the winch.
A look at the rear, including the equipment trailer.
The team wait by their vehicle as a Coastguard rescue helicopter come in to land.
HF62 HEV A 2013 HM Coastguard Skoda Yeti 4×4. This is the UK Coastguard’s first venture into using Skoda vehicles. The first fleet of 30 cars are used by Sector Managers.
The rear view of the Yeti.
SN13 CYO Police Scotland have this minimally-marked Honda I800 based in Edinburgh.
The rear view.
A photograph of a new lifeboat’s first journey to where it will be based. The boat’s name is Sverri and it was seen passing through the Caledonian Canal en route from Cork to the Faroe Islands.
Another view of the rescue craft.
Another view of the rescue craft.
P521 EAS, SY04 CBU, SY52 VCL The line up at Fort William Fire Station – a LDV van and two MAN / Emergency One appliances.
A Met Police Sergeant is flanked by two other officers as he rides through Central London on blue lights.
YJ13 EZX A Vauxhall Vivaro safety camera van. It is one of three identical vehicles that were introduced in 2013 to North Yorkshire. Previous to this was a trial with one van and before this there were no fixed or mobile safety cameras in the county.
The rear view of the low-key vehicle.
A view of the rear with the camera hatch open.
The camera as seen from the inside. If required, it can be moved to point out of the side door instead.
A 360 degree view is captured by numerous additional cameras. This helps to record motorbike’s rear registration plates and other driving misdemeanours.
BX10 KJU This Vauxhall Astra is with West Midlands Police. It specifically says Birmingham Police on the bonnet.
LX10 BKE A BTP officer drives his Vauxhall Vivaro on blues and twos but is baulked by traffic.
Seconds later he is past the hold up and making progress.
YJ10 HYU A North Yorkshire Police Land Rover parks up next to a tractor with a mud-splattered number plate.
BX12 DLD A Fiat Ducato ambulance that is used for horses. Notice that there is no outward wording to say that it is a veterinary ambulance.
The rear view of the vehicle operated by Equicare.
A Lake District National Park ranger boat, complete with blue flashing lights.
VX12 HHU Yorkshire Ambulance Service trialled this Vauxhall Ampera as a rapid response car in York during 2013. It carries a generic livery.
The rear view of the electric hybrid car.
A Met Police BMW motorbike at speed.
BX10 LJU A Met Mitsubishi Shogun with 3.2 litre diesel engine.
BX10 LFG A Metropolitan Police BMW R1300T is parked up at Trafalgar Square as part of an operation to escort a procession.
The side view of the bike and rider.
The rear view.
The bike unattended.
A Port of London Lambeth-based launch.
MF57 HWA A Citroen Relay van used by West Yorkshire FRS for hydrant checks.
The rear.
LK11 GXT Used to launch Queensferry’s inshore rescue boat is this RNLI tractor unit. The yellow tractor has a special feature whereby the driver’s seat and controls can rotate to face forwards or backwards. This is useful as there isn’t much space to do a u-turn on the slipway. On this shot you can see that the yellow rear registration plate appears to be on the front!
SP03 PVW A Honda SZX 50cc moped. The bike is used by Lothian and Borders Police.
The rear.
A selection of cycles that are used by offices based at Queensferry in the Lothian and Borders area. From back to front are: two white police mountain bikes, two black warden mountain bikes and specially liveried child’s cycle! The latter being an in-joke for one of the officers based at the station.
SN60 CXM A Vauxhall Astra patrol car with Lothian and Borders Police.
The freshly-washed car. With its 1.2 litre turbo diesel engine, the car is described by its driver as sluggish. This is particularly apparent when trying to make progress on a blue light run on winding country roads. It has a very low mileage for a police car due to its unpopularity with officers.
The rear view.
SK61 NXJ A Subaru Forrester that is a dedicated Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, based at Edinburgh.
The rear view. This car that is sponsored by Subaru.
KM58 OEZ Lothian and Borders Police have this Smart ForTwo. It has blue flashing lights on the front griller, but no roof-mounted light bar.
The rear view of the fully battenburged car.
DV12 YTN A Ford Transit with amber light bar belonging to the British Red Cross.
The rear view.
SK02 KNO, SN03 FVP A Land Rover Defender and a Mitsubishi L200 that are used by Historic Scotland as ranger vehicles.
SY08 AKU A Ford Focus in service with Scottish FRS on the mainland of Shetland.
The rear.
KE03 CPN A Mercedes Sprinter ambulance that is run by the independent Scottish Borders Ambulance Service.
The rear.
SF12 JBE A 2012 SAS Peugeot ambulance.
Another view, showing the rear.
BX58 PMO A Met Police DPG Ford Transit minibus approaches on blue lights.