Category: Fire

Fire

Tyne and Wear FRS Volvo FLL / Bence

Tyne and Wear FRS
Volvo FLL / Bence
Incident Command Unit. The only such vehicle in service in Tyne and Wear. The office in the rear includes a communications suite with a variety of communication methods, from satellite comms to fireground radio. The vehicle is based at West Denton Community Fire Station and was new in 2017.

Ambulance > In Action / Fire > In Action

River Rescue Exercise (2017)

River Rescue Exercise (2017)

A large tree has fallen onto a river cruise boat in this exercise. There are multiple casualties and the only way to access the scene is by river.

First on the scene, around 20 minutes after the 999 call, was a fire service rib. One firefighter boards the cruise boat to triage casualties while his two colleagues search the river for casualties that have fallen overboard.

More emergency services respond to the major incident. Ambulance HART (Hazardous Area Response Team) personnel are joined by more fire and rescue teams as well as dedicated water rescue teams.

Seriously injured members of the public are tended to while uninjured and walking wounded are evacuated using the fleet of small ribs.

A makeshift reception centre is set up a few hundred metres downstream from the incident scene. Casualties are transferred from the boats onto land. It is the nearest road, so all road going emergency vehicles are parked up there.

Fire service vehicles in attendance include rescue pumps, Land Rovers and an incident command unit.

The major exercise attracted media attention, including a film crew who were embedded with the ambulance HART team for a year. Footage was used on the 2018 series ‘999 Rescue Squad’ shown on the W Channel.

Fire

SF07 PYJ Scottish FRS Mercedes Benz 616D / JDC

SF07 PYJ
Scottish FRS
Mercedes Benz 616D / JDC
The only fire vehicle based on the island of Jura. It has nearly 150 square miles to cover but the permanent population is less than 200 people meaning fire calls are few and far between.

Fire > Classic

RGC 779 Auxiliary Fire Service Bedford RLHZ

RGC 779
Auxiliary Fire Service
Bedford RLHZ
This Yellow Goddess was used in Northern Ireland, most recently in the early 2000s during firefighter strikes. The army were concerned that the vehicles would be attacked and so they were fitted with guards over the windows and locker handles were removed. The most obvious change was that there were painted yellow to distinguish them from other green military vehicles.

Fire

L343 CEL Follow That Fire Engine.com Mercedes Benz / HCB Angus

L343 CEL
Follow That Fire Engine.com
Mercedes Benz / HCB Angus
Follow That Fire Engine.com has been travelling the world! Having driven over 26,000 miles over nine months the vehicle is now being toured around events to continue the exposure of the charitable aims

Fire

YY65 LBA, YX65 XGN K9 Fire Investigation

YY65 LBA YX65 XGN
K9 Fire Investigation
These Citroen and Ford vans are used by the private fire investigation team to transport their dogs to fire scenes. Seen are some of the two- and four-legged staff showing off their skills. One dog quickly identifies which metal pot contains an accelerant.

Ambulance / Fire / Police

YN60 HPJ LIFE Skoda Octavia

YN60 HPJ
LIFE
Skoda Octavia
South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue, South Yorkshire Police and Yorkshire Ambulance Service joined forces to create the LIFE team to attend lower priority incidents in Sheffield, with the aim of reducing the demand on 999 responders. The Local Intervention and Falls Episodes (LIFE) team vist homes to reduce fire risk in properties, improve security and help people who have fallen and contribute to reducing the risk of falls.

Fire

London Fire Brigade Orpington Fire Station

London Fire Brigade
Orpington Fire Station in South East London in 2017. The flag is flying at half mast in respect to the Grenfell Tower fire victims from a few weeks earlier.