FKU 898Y This is a South Yorkshire Fire Service Dennis appliance. Now in preservation, this 1980 appliance was originally stationed at Barnsley. Notice how the same livery is being used through to the early 2000’s.
NU52 HUJ This is a 52 plate Iveco Daily Environmental Protection Unit from Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service.
The rear view showing the plain red rear.
STY 31S This is 1977 S-reg Dennis rescue tender from Durham County Fire Brigade.
D118 HHN This is a 1986 (Communist) East German Trabant 601S fire car. It was donated to Cleveland County Fire Brigade by German fire services. The Trabant is powered by a two-stroke engine and has plastic bodywork.
Q288 YAW This is a 1969 TACR1 (Truck Airfield Crash Rescue, Mark 1). It is one of 78 built by HCB Angus and served at RNAS Daedalus until 1988. It is Landrover hybrid with a 2.25 litre petrol engine.
B856 SAJ This is a B registration aircraft crash rescue Range Rover.
This is one of London Fire Brigade’s boats, based on the Thames at Lambeth.
NL02 OJN This is a 2002 Cleveland Scania P94D appliance.
NK03 HPL Here is a 2003 Dennis Sabre fire appliance, callsign ‘Quebec Zero One’. This appliance is based at Darlington.
V270 JWP This is a Vauxhall Movano Community Fire Safety van operated by Durham & Darlington Fire & Rescue.
F66 LBW This ex-Buckinghamshire 1988 Leyland pumping appliance is operated by a private company that provides fire cover during specialist events. Note that this appliance has a dayglo orange paint scheme, as opposed to the traditional red.
Firefighters continue damping down after a house fire. The roof was blown off these flats by a gas explosion. Notice the officer in the checked bib who is in charge of the breathing apparatus board.
A 2002 Mercedes Bronco Skylift appliance from NYF&RS.
The front view of the same appliance. It is pictured here on the run at York’s fire station. It is running on trade plates (398 BT) registered to NYF&RS, and will probably be ’52’ registered. During August and September 2002 it has been moving around fire stations to train fire fighters on this new appliance. This very photograph appeared in Turnout magazine.
This was the oldest fully operational appliance used by the Tyne and Wear Fire Brigade in 2002. Alpha 07 is the mobile incident command unit that is used to co-ordinate a large fire. The appliance dates back to 1980. Here it is with two fire cars that are used by senior officers. It was dealing with a large scrap yard fire.
The size of this vehicle can clearly be seen from this picture. Typically, it houses a large array of equipment, including maps, chemical information, emergency lighting and a sophisticated fire ground radio system. Also on this photograph is a Northumbria Police Ford Focus that has closed the road off.
Here we have an incident support unit photographed in York. This diesel powered van has a large carrying capacity for specialist equipment.
YG02 NBB A general use fire service Land Rover boasting its sponsor’s name on the side.
E789 LAJ is a1987 Dennis DS153 Emergency Tender.
B178 NHN is a Carmichael Bedford TKG Water Tender (with 13.5m ladder).
A Fire Brigade Land Rover Defender 110. Ghost: the frontal view.
Now here’s a Fireground Feeding Unit for hungry firefighters at long or major incidents. You can also see the white Fire Brigade Ford Transit (with blue lights) used to tow it.
R692 NCU is a Tyne and Wear appliance; a Dennis Sabre ML 322A12VGS8. It was based at Washington (Sierra) Station when this photograph was taken in 2000.
Here we have a Peugeot Fire car. These vehicles are a rare sight on UK roads, especially seeing one with the blue lights being used. Some of the older fire cars are white, as depicted by the old Peugeot in the background.
X529 JDC is another very similar vehicle, looking very new and shiny, but without blue lights fitted.
V848 EJR is a Vauxhall Corsa Fire Car, used by Northumberland Fire Brigade. It has a combined double blue light and siren on the roof.
X337 WUP is a Vauxhall Astra estate belonging to the Tyne and Wear Fire Brigade Arson task Force.
Here are two views of F843 JBB, a Volvo FL6.14 Emergency Tender. It was made in 1988 and was based at the South Shields (Kilo) station of T&WMFB.
The rear view.
G935 XFT is Xray-9-7, a driver training fire engine. It is a Volvo FL6.14 and was based at West Denton, Newcastle.
Below is a side view showing the a livery used by Tyne and Wear.
This is a Mercedes rescue unit based at Gloucester. Note the hydraulic arm behind the cab.
This is one of two aerial ladder platforms (ALP) in Gloucestershire. It’s built by Carmichael and is not much longer than an ordinary appliance due to the use on windy roads around the county. This unit is believed to be the ‘county’ unit, the other ALP being used only for Cheltenham.