Category: Miscellaneous
Unusual, rare or one-off emergency vehicles that don’t fall into any other category
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.
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.
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.
Sky Watch Civil Air Patrol Cavalon Gyroplane
Sky Watch Civil Air Patrol
Cavalon Gyroplane
The Civil Air Patrol is one of the largest charitable air observation organisations in Europe. Volunteers used their fleet of aircraft that includes aeroplanes, light helicopters, autogyros and small unmanned aerial vehicles. They observe and report to the emergency services instances of preservation and protection of people and property.