WX56 VCF This Mercedes-Benz 1224 Spectra is CSU1, a command support unit with London Fire Brigade. It is one of eight such vehicles that were distributed across the capital, with one more being held back as a reserve.
WX56 VCE shows how two identical command units can be used together at larger incidents. You can see that they have parked the vehicles so that their retractable canopies form a central covered area.
NK55 RJX is Durham & Darlington appliance which is shown here at a simulated road accident.
V135 JWP This is a Vauxhall Movano DTI that is used as a Community Safety Display Vehicle with Durham & Darlington FRS.
YJ55 FWU This Volvo FL6 is used by West Yorkshire’s Fire workshop to test and repair ladders throughout the brigade area. Note that the vehicle does not carry any emergency warning equipment.
Here we see a ladder being winched into the rear of the vehicle for testing.
YJ55 LRY This Mercedes Vito 115 CDI long wheel base van is used by West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service as part of their urban search and rescue team. It carries a combination of crew and equipment.
The rear view of the Mercedes Vito.
WX54 VSK This MAN prime mover can be seen carrying one of a number of urban search and rescue pods.
The pods can be rapidly loaded and loaded at incidents. Here pod 3 is being unloaded by the prime mover.
This side view shows the hydraulic arm which is used to load and unload the pods onto the prime mover.
Here we have a close up of a pod. This particular one is urban search and rescue pod 4. All pods based around the country are numbered the same so that the equipment contained within them is consistent.
EU56 GKD This Bobcat all-terrain vehicle is contained within pod 4. It can be used to carry equipment and personal equipment over rough terrain. The vehicle is fitted with high power lights and LED’s at the top of the windscreen.
OU06 HFM This Volvo S40 demonstrator was in use with West Yorkshire Fire service in spring 2007. The vehicle has a semi battenburg mark up and blue lights on the bumper, behind the grill, on the dashboard and on the roof.
The rear view of the same Volvo, showing how the high visibility striping continues over the door pillars from the boot edge.
YJ55 VWX This Volvo based vehicle is used by West Yorkshire Fire and Service to carry their major rescue unit. The front and sides of the truck have only minimal fire markings. The pod on the rear of the vehicle can be unloaded at an incident.
The rear view showing the blue lights built into the rear of the pod.
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 EJX This Volvo FL6.18 prime mover is seen here carrying West Yorkshire’s hose laying pod.
L728 EJX can 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.