This unregistered Land Rover 90 is part of Silverstone’s fire fighting fleet. It carries the corporate livery and is fitted with a full-width blue light bar.
The rear view of the Land Rover, showing its firefighting kit. Notice the lack of a tailgate and that a narrow spare wheel is carried.
P73 HHP This Dennis Sabre appliance is privately owned by a company called Sharp Fire. It is used at large events that have been judged to have a high fire risk as part of the risk assessment. It was previously a front-line appliance in Warwickshire.
The rear view showing some of the equipment carried in the 8.4 tonne appliance.
FE07 SZF This is a Toyota Hilux that is used for fire cover at Silverstone motor racing circuit in Northamptonshire. It is one of a number of dedicated fire vehicles that are placed around the edge of the circuit to quickly respond to motor vehicle fires and collisions during races.
The rear view of the Toyota showing the water bowser, pump, hosereel and fire extinguishers carried.
HMN-571-L This is a Steyr Damlier Puch / Saxon / Pinzgauer light six-wheel drive pump. It is one of a number that are operated by the Isle of Man Fire and Rescue Service. It is ideal for accessing the moorland in the middle of the island that has few roads across it.
An example of a fire brigade mountain bike. It has fire markings on the frame and a small bag on the rear to carry paperwork and a digital camera. The bikes are sometimes deployed to identify possible arson targets such as abandoned cars in remote areas. The camera and paperwork are used to record the location details and normally the local council will be advised to move the potential fire hazard.
NK51 VXR A Durham and Darlington Mercedes Benz Sprinter in white. The van is used as a water rescue unit.
L202 ANL This is a rescue tender used by Tyne and Wear FRS. Built by Volvo / HCB Angus it was new in 1994 and was still in use for front line duties in 2010.
NK51 BWY This is a Tyne and Wear Volvo / Emergency One appliance that is based at Birtley. It is carrying adverts for fire safety produced by schoolchildren on the lockers.
NK51 XXC This is Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service’s Command Support Unit. It has been specially built from a Dennis Dart bus and is based at West Denton station. It has national call sign (FA)T24C1.
ND07 FSJ This Ford Transit is used by Tyne and Wear for hydrant maintenance duties.
NK03 BZD is a Mercedes Benz Vito support van used by Tyne and Wear FRS. It carries eye-catching graphics to highlight the fire safety messages.
The rear view showing more of the wrap-around graphics.
RA03 YFA This is a Ford Transit that is used for personnel transportation. It is part of Chopwell Young Firefighters in the Tyne and Wear brigade area. A collection of local sponsors is shown down each side, including The Phoenix Club, Salt and Battery & Jo Jo’s Balloon Company.
This is the line up of firefighting vehicle at Newcastle Airport in 2010. The three primary response engines are Rosenbauer Pathfinders. Left to right is engine 1 to 3, YK55 CCA, YJ07 AAF and YJ07 AAE.
YJ07 AAF Here a Newcastle Rosenbauer Pathfinder demonstrates its water monitors by spraying a demonstration rig.
Watch a video of this vehicle in action!
NC04 LPZ is a Ford Ranger 4×4 Turbo Diesel. It is used by Newcastle International Airport’s fire service. It carries a orange and green stripe down the side on top of a white and purple colour scheme. It is fitted with a light bar on the roof that can show amber or blue lights.
NK10 DHF This Volvo FLL / John Dennis appliance is in service with Tyne and Wear FRS. It is based at Gosforth, now known as Newcastle North Community Fire Station.
NG55 LDD Durham and Darlington operate a number of these dark red three-litre Isuzu Rodeos.
NK06 NNZ This is a white Land Rover Defender that is in service with Durham and Darlington. It has fire and rescue wording on the side, bonnet and air vents. It is fitted with a snorkel for the engine to get air when travelling through deep water.
NK09 HEU This MAN / JDC is with Durham and Darlington.
N119 OTN This Land Rover Defender is used by Durham and Darlington. Despite it’s status being evident to most motorists, it doesn’t have any “fire” wording clearly displayed from this angle.
NK04 YMY is one of Durham and Darlington’s Land Rover Defender pick-ups.
WX54 VST This is a Prime Mover (PM 162) that is part of the New Dimension fleet. This appliance is assigned to Tyne and Wear and is a MAN / Marshall Special Vehicles, seen here at North Moor station.
EO10 AYS This BMW S1000RR is a powerful fire bike that is used for educational work only. It is run by Essex and is ridden by Leading Fire-fighter Lee Hurst and Fire-fighter Keith Dunn.
WP05 NBO This silver Mitsubishi Shogun is an Airport Fire Incident Command vehicle. It is used for support work at Leeds-Bradford Airport.
A line up of fire appliances at Leeds Bradford Airport in 2008. Left to right: L649 YDG a Simon Protector, R413 BNF a Boughton Barracuda and YB02 BZP a Carmichael Cobra 2.
Two Stornoway Airport fire appliances, both Simon Protectors.
J39 FJS This is a Simon Gloster Saro Protector which is part of the Highlands & Islands Airports Limited fleet, based at Inverness.
This unregistered Land Rover fire engine is used at Compton Abbas Airfield in Dorset. It is fitted with blue and amber flashing beacons and carries basic fire fighting equipment.
MX53 ZTB This is a Scania engine that is used at Manchester Airport. It has a 11.7 litre engine and is registered so it can be used outside of the airport if needed. It is a similar size to county fire engines.
G175 SCH is a GMC small fire appliance used at Elvington, North Yorkshire. After many years sitting in the garages, it has been fixed and is operational.
Q473 VWP This Range Rover (with bodywork by Carmichael) is used for airfield fire cover at the Ulster Flying Club, Northern Ireland.
GDZ 5909 This is one of the fleet of airport fire vehicles that are used at Belfast International Airport.
RZ 03 AA This is a Unipower / Carmichael fire engine that is used at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire.
This Land Rover Discover 3 is a brightly-coloured fire car in use at Belfast International.
This photo shows a pair of airport fire tenders from Carlisle Airport. Notice the striking yellow and blue colour-scheme and the blue light and foam monitor on the roof.
L53 CAD This is a Simon Gloster Saro Protector 6×6 fire appliance used at Humberside International Airport. The vehicle wears an unusual day glow yellow livery rather then the traditional red. It is fitted with both blue flashing lights and an orange beacon to increase its visibility even further.
The rear view of the same vehicle showing the radiator for its massive engine.
R761 NFW This Boughton Barracuda is one of three used by Humberside International Airport. When fully laden it weighs 32 tonnes and has a top speed of over 70 mph. This is one-third of a million pound appliance features both a roof mounted and a front mounted water monitors to extinguish fires with.
The rear view of the Barracuda. Just visible are the floodlights which can be telescopically extended upwards to provide illumination at the scene of an incident.
K359 DSG This Volvo FL6 fire appliance is used by the Young Firefighters group at Edinburgh airport.
YK55 CCA is a Rosenbauer Panther Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting Vehicle which was new to Newcastle International Airport in September 2005. This vehicle features many innovative features such as remote controlled roof and bumper turrets for spraying water and an windscreen which can clear water droplets instantly without the use of windscreen wipers.
The rear view of the same vehicle. The all wheel drive truck has two diesel engines, with one used for propulsion and the other for pumping water and foam and has a top speed of 115 km/h.
It is seen here wearing its purple and white corporate livery next to the airport’s fire training rig.
M803 LCN is a Carmichael International Cobra 2 6×6 crash rescue tender, also from Newcastle Airport. This vehicle provided the front line fire cover at the airport along with the Rosenbaur.
Appliances F953 JRG and J912 PUP with Toyota Hi-Lux pick up S119 BVK join the above vehicles in the line up at Newcastle Airport’s runway-side fire station.
VE51 XOS Here we have a Carmichael Cobra 2 that is used at the International Fire Training Centre.
The rear view of the same appliance. Notice how the supplementary blue lights are seamlessly integrated with the usual driving lights on the rear light clusters.
PX55 OSF This tri-axle Land Rover conversion is a fast response fire engine for airfield use. It is a demonstrator from Yorkshire-based Angloco. The most prominent feature is the roof-mounted foam / water cannon. This can begin to quell flames or cover a fuel leak with foam as the vehicle arrives on the scene.
The rear view of the Land Rover. It is fitted with blue lights (to the front only), white lights down the sides to illuminate the scene and an amber light for airfield driving. The roof-mounted ladders can be seen as well as a telescopic floodlight.
YMJ 597L This Land Rover series 3 has a large water pump on the front, as well is ladders and other equipment on the roof. It has blue flashing lights on the front and rotating beacons on the roof.
D264 YPJ is a Land rover 110 operated by a private company. It is seen here at a temporary helipad in York during the Royal Ascot horse races.
It tows a specially designed trailer carrying a water tank, a foam tank and a hose reel.
Here we have a large, yellow 8 wheeled airfield crash tender. It has registration ’96 L 6′ and is an Emergency-One/Teledyne/Continental Motors Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting P-23 from the United States Air Force (Europe) demonstrating “Jet Throw” at Royal Air Force Fairford. It is fairly unusual to see this colour scheme used by USAF Crash Vehicles outside of the United States.
RZ 00 AA and RU 86 AA Here are two airport fire tenders next to a mock-up of a helicopter which was supplied by IFTE (International Fire Training Equipment) for firefighting and rescue practice.
SSC 73P This Land Rover is used by the Cumbernauld airport crash rescue team as a fire appliance.
JOR 359P This Land Rover is a hybrid of series II, series III and military parts. It is used as an emergency response unit at Rufforth airfield, North Yorkshire.
The rear view, showing the relatively small array of fire fighting equipment carried. This vehicle is used because the Civil Aviation Authority requires there to be some form of fire cover at airfields.
DWR 120W This Land Rover Series III Lightweight is privately owned as is used at Elvington airfield in Yorkshire. It is fitted with a blue rotating beacon for emergency use and an orange rotating beacon for airfield use. It is simply liveried with a yellow stripe.