Category: OTHERS

Other emergency services that are not police, fire or ambulance

K584 VEL HM Coastguard Land Rover Defender

K584 VEL
HM Coastguard
Land Rover Defender
A classic Land Rover Defender operated by HM Coastguard, featuring blue lights and dark blue and yellow livery. Displayed at a public event at Elvington.

NJ60 NYK Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) Citroën Nemo

NJ60 NYK
Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
Citroën Nemo
This white Citroën Nemo van is used by the RNLI for water safety and training purposes. It features decals for ‘Vital Training’ and ‘RNLI Water Safety’, and has a green AED sign indicating medical equipment on-board. Photographed in Helmsley.

HF65 HPJ Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) Talus SC-T10 Lau..

HF65 HPJ
Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
Talus SC-T10 Launch Tractor
A tracked RNLI Talus SC-T10 launch tractor, used for deploying the lifeboat at Scarborough. It features a robust design for beach and slipway use, and is clearly marked with RNLI branding. This specialist equipment is seen indoors with other RNLI assets.

RNLI Lifeguards Rescue Water Craft (Jet Ski)

RNLI Lifeguards
Rescue Water Craft (Jet Ski)
An RNLI Lifeguards rescue water craft with distinctive yellow and white livery. This jet ski is used for rapid response along coastal waters and is marked with the RNLI logo and registration details. Displayed indoors at the RNLI facility at Scarborough in North Yorkshire.

T241 CNN, T242 CNN, T243 CNN, T244 CNN DB Cargo Volvo FL6

T241 CNN, T242 CNN, T243 CNN, T244 CNN
DB Cargo
Volvo FL6
All four vehicle are sequential T-registrations (1999). They were operated by the freight company English Welsh & Scottish Railway (now DB Cargo). These vehicles were Road Rail Emergency Vehicles, transporting breakdown and recovery equipment to rail incidents. They were based around the country but have been brought all together at Toton depot in Nottinghamshire in this photograph. They have now been decommissioned from service. The replacement vehicle type is a little less spectacular, a plain white Ford Transit, but allows more flexible access into station car parks and urban areas whilst the same equipment carried.

C134 RSO Braemar Mountain Rescue Team Kassbohrer


C134 RSO
Braemar Mountain Rescue Team
Kassbohrer

After nearly four decades of unwavering service, the Braemar Mountain Rescue Team retired its beloved rescue vehicle, affectionately known as “”Old Flex”” in December 2024. Since 1985, this six-tonne tracked vehicle has been a vital asset in some of the most challenging mountain rescue operations, navigating snowbound terrain and treacherous weather to bring help where it was most needed.

Powered by its 6.1 litre diesel engine, “Old Flex” earned its place in history by assisting in high-profile rescues, including the aftermath of the Lockerbie bombing in 1988 and the recovery operation following an F-15 crash on Ben Macdhui. Alongside these momentous events, the vehicle played a key role in countless other rescues, becoming a reassuring presence for stranded climbers, hillwalkers, and the rescuers themselves.

Equipped with caterpillar treads, Old Flex’s ability to traverse snowbound peaks made it indispensable during harsh winters when conventional vehicles faltered. It has supported not only the Braemar team but also neighbouring rescue teams.

Now retired, Old Flex will spend its days at the Glenshee Ski Centre.

The Braemar Mountain Rescue Team continues its work with a newer generation of rescue vehicles, including Old Flex’s “wee sister,” which has been in service since 2006. Yet, for those who relied on her during emergencies or admired her tenacity in the snow, Old Flex will remain a legend.

LD21 OPZ, DU71 RDV, YE68 SNY Hackney Council Three of the Civil Prot..

LD21 OPZ, DU71 RDV, YE68 SNY
Hackney Council
Three of the Civil Protection fleet in Stoke Newington, London, posing in front of their underground control centre. The vehicles are CSV05, a Citroen Dispatch response vehicle; CSV01, a Renault Master Forward Control Point command centre; CSV04, a Mercedes Sprinter Emergency Logistics vehicle used for carrying everything from rest centre equipment in steel cages, to mobile generators or any other humanitarian relief equipment.

FN20 XEA Network Rail Iveco Daily

FN20 XEA
Network Rail
Iveco Daily
Emergency response unit. It has an office-based control desk and rear tail lift with load space for carrying various equipment. It also boasts an inflatable shelter, train evacuation ramps, overhead line emergency equipment, portable lighting, fatality screen, rail stretcher and bulk PPE. It is fitted with amber flashing lights but also fitted with blues and twos however these can only be used with specialist trained driver.

FN52 FFP Mitsubishi Shogun

FN52 FFP
Mitsubishi Shogun
Used as a security vehicle in rural Lincolnshire. It is parked at the side of the road in police-style colours with a blue light bar fitted. Illuminated blue lights are placed on a post right next to it. It slows traffic on a long straight stretch of road due to it looking so much like a police vehicle from a distance.

Ford Raptor

Ford Raptor
This vehicle is beign used to demonstrate the reflective markings that have been applied. Notice in particular the black that still reflects light when the flash fires.

CE14 XDC Dacia Duster

CE14 XDC
Dacia Duster
Includes badges for Response, Rescue and a warning to keep your distance as it could be a insurance scam car

EJ70 XDC RNLI Lifeguards Ford Ranger

EJ70 XDC
RNLI Lifeguards
Ford Ranger
Seen at a training exercise into how to get a vehicle out of sand when the wheels have started to sink. It is seen with planks under the tyres and a rope to pull the stricken vehicle out

MX11 GPY PMP Utilities Land Rover Discovery

MX11 GPY
PMP Utilities
Land Rover Discovery
Operated by a private company, this car is branded as a rescue confined space management ambulance. In its previous life it was used by Rossendale & Pendle Mountain Rescue Team

XE317 RAF Bristol Sycamore HR14

XE317
RAF
Bristol Sycamore HR14
This rescue helicopter, based on a 1940s design, served at RAF Thornaby in Teesside and in Norther Ireland. It has a 1,000 lb payload and can accommodate three passengers

MD68 OEL Medvivo Skoda Octavia

MD68 OEL
Medvivo
Skoda Octavia
This Skoda estate is a doctors out-of-hours car operated by Medvivo at their Keynsham Urgent Care Centre covering the Bath & Northeast Somerset area

G-OSRB Oil Spill Response Limited Boeing 727

G-OSRB
Oil Spill Response Limited
Boeing 727
This private company is industry-funded and responds to oil spills wherever they may occur in the world. This particular aircraft is based at Doncaster. The inside has been modified to provide an aerial dispersant capability. It is fitted with internal tanks, pumps and a spray boom to deliver a dispersant liquid onto the sea below.

WX14 ETA Freewheelers BMW F 800 GT

WX14 ETA
Freewheelers
BMW F 800 GT
A blood bike seen collecting samples in Bristol. Note the yellow box on the rear, this has been designed to carry Covid-19 samples to go to the local NHS or Public Health laboratories. This bike is one of the reserve Blood Bikes.

LK18 FVU Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) Tractor Unit

LK18 FVU
Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
Tractor Unit
Used to launch a lifeboat at Bridlington. The combined tractor and trailer is 20m long, 3.5m wide and 4m high. It weighs 37 tonnes and the engine is a 13 litre turbo-charged one. This all combines to a top speed of just 10 mph.

WN69 PKZ BrisDoc Honda CRV

WN69 PKZ
BrisDoc
Honda CRV
This car is one of four replacements for the Out of Hours Doctors cars for BrisDoc in Bristol. Four more cars are due to come into service in early 2020. Due to the change in contract in providing Out Of hours provision, SevernSide integrated Urgent Care Service was formed and gone into
partnership with the 111 service. This model of care is the new standard of Urgent Care within the NHS 999/111 service and will become operational across the UK in the coming year allowing Doctors, Nurses & Paramedics to attend home visits.

The Cars still have green lights to allow a clinician to attend urgent medical care when required. Also there are alley lights on the bar light to aid the clinician and driver to find house numbers at night.

OU66 DNY HM Coastguard Mitsubishi L200

OU66 DNY
HM Coastguard
Mitsubishi L200
This vehicle is based at the Coastguard’s Bridlington base (pictured). The Truckman rear carries various rescue equipment for use on cliffs and other parts of the coastline.

15 AY 54 Armament Support Unit Volvo FL6

15 AY 54
Armament Support Unit
Volvo FL6

The vehicle was part of the Armament Support Unit (ASU) based at RAF Wittering and was used to protect weapons convoys in case of fire and accidents. This role has now passed to the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) at Aldermaston. The vehicle was only one of three made and they were named after Knights of the Roundtable. This one was named Arthur.

The photos show that as of summer 2019 it is undergoing significant restoration back to the way it was when it was new (final photo). It is owned by the RAF Museum of Firefighting.

Because of the convoy work the vehicle would carry far more equipment than if was operating on a RAF base. Apart from the usual fire fighting kit such as hoses, branches, axes, ropes, crowbars, first aid fire extinguishers, it also carried a camera, binoculars, road maps, incident boards, safety hard hats, large first aid kit, ventilators, breathing apparatus sets with tools and spares, chemical splash suits and a hydraulic rescue kit.

Due to the nature of the convoys, the crew were armed and provision for gun and ammunition storage within the vehicle was made.

The engine is a Volvo TD61F six cylinder 5.48 litres turbo charged intercooled diesel, developing 152kw at 2800rpm (207bhp). The gearbox is a six speed manual.

The combined water and foam tank has a water section with a capacity of 2273 litres (500 gallons) and two foam sections each of 150 litres (33 gallons). The pump is a Godiva GMA 3600/19 with aluminium two stage multi pressure, the output from the low pressure stage is 3600 lpm (750gpm) at 6.9bar (100psi) and from the high pressure stage 250 lpm (55gpm) at 22.6 bar (400psi). It is equipped with two high pressure first aid hose reels.

The previous vehicles dating from the 1960’s that were built for this purpose were built by Morris/Alfred Miles, Bedford/HCB Angus and Bedford/Hawson/Gloster Saro.