Author: UK Emergency Vehicles

YJ54 BKG This is a typical Volvo pumping appliance with Emergency One bodywork used by West Yorkshire.

P156 PWW This Volvo FL6 is used at West Yorkshire Fire Service’s training centre. Its is photographed in front of a fire simulation building where recruits are put through their paces.

YJ53 AZO This Volvo appliance is used for driver training by West Yorkshire and carries ‘L’ plates at the front and rear. It does not carry ladders on its roof like most appliances and it also has an additional wing mirror for the passengers in the back of the cab.

RYH07 SBO is a Skoda Octavia estate used by West Yorkshire. This car would be typically used by a senior fire officer.

KE51 HXO is a Vauxhall Corsa 5 door fire car. Note that this vehicle does not carry any emergency warning equipment.

VE02 YLG This Vauxhall Forntera is used also operated by West Yorkshire Fire Service.



The rear view of the Forntera showing the high visibility striping on the spare wheel cover

YJ06 WNF This Mercedes Sprinter 416 CDI 4×4 is used by West Yorkshire as an urban fire appliance. There is room for the crew in the cab whilst a limited amount of equipment is carried in the rear. Its compact size and four wheel drive enable it to reach places that larger and heavier appliances would be unable to get access.



The rear view of the appliance showing the hoses and pumping equipment.

YJ56 ULV This Volvo prime mover is used to carry a variety of different emergency pods which the vehicle can load and unload using a high power hydraulic lifting arm.

L731 EJX This Land Rover Defender 130 has been modified by west Yorkshire Fire Service so that it can be used as a grittier and snow plough. It is based at their headquarters in Bradford and does not carry blue lights.

YJ07 NOF is an LDV Maxus Van used by the Youth Training Association at Wakefield fire station.

YF56 TXJ This Citroen Dispatch is used as a fire investigation vehicle and is fitted with blue lights. The inset shows the rear view.

EA56 JDO is a Ford Ranger double cab pick-up fitted with Truckman hard back. It has a pair of blue LED’s mounted into the front grill as well as a full width roof light bar. The inset shows the high visibility striping on the back of the hard back.

WX54 WRM This MAN TGA / Marshall SV prime mover forms part of the government’s ‘New Dimension’ fleet of vehicles. It is seen here carrying an incident response unit pod.

WX54 VNP are also MAN TGA / Marshall SV prime movers. This time they are seen carrying high volume pumping units. These units are demountable from the prime mover and can pump water up at up to 8000 litres per minute. The units also carry large diameter hose.



The rear view of the high volume pumping unit showing the pumping section on the left complete with a blue light and a flood light, and the hose laying unit on the right. A number of these high volume pumps  appeared in the press during summer 2007 as Britain struggled to cope with abnormal amounts of rain fall and extreme flooding.

L728 EJXThis Volvo FL6.18 prime mover is seen here carrying West Yorkshire’s hose laying pod.

L728 EJXcan also carry the major incident pod. Its is seen here attending a mock train crash at Leeds station.

HX55 KFC is a silver double-cabbed Nissan Navara incident support unit belonging to Hampshire Fire. It carries the same livery as the BMW above, with repeater blue lights on the rear, as the light bar is obscured from behind.

YK05 EXP This is a Mercedes Benz Vito that is used by North Yorkshire FRS as an equipment van. It replaces a T-reg Vauxhall Frontera. The Vito has much more room to carry equipment used for fire safety events.



The rear view of the van. It carries a simple livery and has blue lights fitted. It does not have any writing on the bodywork, just ‘fire’ written on the roof-mounted light bar.

YD52 YHK This Land Rover Defender is used by North Yorkshire FRS to get to fires or rescues off-road. You can see that it is fitted with a winch on the front and has a length of hose on the roof.

NX53 AZD This Volvo FH12 truck is used by North Yorkshire FRS for driver training. It carries small crests on the cab doors, but no other identifying marks.

L795 GVN is one of five identical Angloco / Mercedes Benz small 4×4 pumps. They all have sequential registration numbers (795 to 799) and are used in North Yorkshire. This example was still on the run at Malton fire station in 2007, some 14 years after it was introduced.

NX53 KZD This car and trailer combination is lead by a Peugeot Expert support van. The trailer carries ‘professional fire training’ wording along with the brigade’s crest. The van is fitted with amber flashing lights and is not used for emergency response work.

EDZ 2688 This is a Northern Ireland Fire Brigade Freight Rover Sherpa van. It is used as an emergency tender and has been fitted with a huge light bar.

A collection of three NIFB vehicles here. In the background is a Search and Rescue unit lorry, and in the foreground is a Vauxhall Vectra towing a fire boat.

HDZ 1430 is a Dennis SS134 which was new in 1990. It is also operated by the fire service covering Northern Ireland.

LKZ 9443 is an example of a Volvo appliance belonging to NIFB. In this shot it is being used at a large fire to relay water.

SY55 BZV The MAN / Emergency One appliance is with the Highlands and Islands FRS in Scotland.

YJ56 FOV is a Mercedes Sprinter fire support vehicle with North Yorkshire F&RS.

G629 JHL This Volvo FL6 is an ex-front line appliance. It is now housed at the Fire and Police Museum in Sheffield. Here it is being used to give rides around the city to visitors.



The rear view of the same Volvo showing the ‘not in service’ board. For the amusement of children, a siren sound can be heard in the cab.

AE55 JWM This is a Vauxhall Combo van that is used by North Yorkshire FRS for (non-emergency) driver training

YK56 CJU Another minimally marked vehicle with North Yorks is this Skoda Fabia. It is one of a number of identical vehicles used by senior fire officers. The vehicles are sometimes used with a small blue light bar on the roof when responding to emergencies.

CKZ 8740 is a Land Rover Defender 110 that is used by the Northern Ireland Fire Service. This 1999 vehicle has a 2.5 litre turbo diesel engine that can power it across rough terrain, or used to tow a fire boat as seen here.



The rear view of the same Defender. The striking red and yellow livery can be seen, which includes a bespoke spare wheel cover.

WA05 FXU This Ford Ranger has been converted by John Dennis Corporation to a rescue unit. The front view shows how it is fitted with a winch, blue lights on the grille, a clear led light bar, a floodlight and ladders.



The rear view of the same rescue unit shows the equipment lockers and high visibility markings. It is operated by Devon F&RS.

WA06 JVD This MAN / JDC engine is stationed at Exmouth, Devon.

KX05 VAV is a Skoda Superb in silver. This diesel car is decked out in red and yellow battenburg markings and is used by senior fire officers. Notice how the blue lights are attached to the roof bars to avoid drilling holes and decreasing the car’s value when it comes to be sold.

YJ53 KHOis a Scania appliance with Emergency One bodywork. This Humberside appliance is based at the Barton on Humber station.

Y866 VKHis a Scania based hose layer also from Barton on Humber. It would be used at an incident where the supply of water was a significant distance from the fire. Note how it has has an orange flashing light built into it’s roof mounted blue light bar.

G72 NAG This Dennis Carmichael appliance is used by Humberside Fire and Rescue service.

G73 NAG is the sister appliance to the vehicle above photographed in 2002 with a variation on the Humberside crest on the drivers door. This is due to a minor change in livery.

YX03 FVP is a Scania hydraulic platform form Humberside. Note how the blue light bar on the has been split to accommodate the extending boom.

YK51 BXZ is a Mercedes Ateco lorry used to carry specialist equipment by Humberside Fire and Rescue service. The arm on the back of the lorry is used to unload its cargo, such as the hazmat equipment module it is seen carrying here. Like the hose laying unit above, this vehicle also has an orange light in its light bar.

YK05 GOJ is a minimally marked Humberside Vauxhall Combo van.

NY04 PYP is a Ford Transit 350 LWB used by Conocophillips and Total at the Humber oil refinery The inset shows the emergency telephone number of “222” which would be used instead of “999” at the massive oil processing site.

F222 WPR is a Ford Iveco HCB Angus water carrier also used at the Humber oil refinery. This particular vehicle was deployed to the Buncefield Oil refinery fire in December 2005, driving from North Lincolnshire to Hertfordshire, a distance of over 180 miles, on blue lights.

N423 NTL is a Volvo F10 with Angloco body work used at the Humber oil refinery. It carries a demountable pod which carries fire fighting equipment.

R107 FFE is another Volvo F10 use at the Humber oil refinery. It carries 2700 litres of water/foam as well as fire fighting equipment stored inside lockers on the vehicle.

YY52 UVR This is a Humberside Vauxhall Astra fire car. It has a bar of rotating blue lights on the roof and alternately flashing main beam headlights. The fire officer driving also has the amber hazard lights flashing as the car is on a airport taxiway.

V102 EFJ A Devon Fire & Rescue Service Fire Command Vehicle. This vehicle in its striking livery is a Mercedes Vito and is stationed at Exmouth Fire Station



The rear view of the Vito showing the ‘fire command’ colourful livery.

WA06 JZM This is a Devon Fire & Rescue Service MAN Fire Truck. This vehicle is stationed at Exmouth Fire Station

E754 HRY Derbyshire Security Services Fire Section have this 1987 Bedford appliance.