Northumberland Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority fisheries patrol vessel St Aidan. Costing £700k and first launched in August 2015, the boat is a 16m long catamaran. It is used for fisheries enforcement, environmental studies and seabed surveying. It covers six miles into the North Sea from the border with Scotland at Berwick to its base is at the mouth of the River Tyne at North Shields.
MX13 AOE, NK62 FMZ Home Office Immigration Enforcement VW Transporter and Mercedes Vito
A Lake Warden boat is seen here responding to an emergency on Windermere using blue flashing lights. Later, while towing a stricken vessel to safety, it uses red flashing lights.
A Lake Patrol Ranger boat on Windermere
HMS Dasher (P280) has a blue light fitted to the mast; the sister vessel alongside doesn’t. HMS Dasher is an Archer-class patrol and training boat belonging to the Royal Navy.
Home Office Immigration Enforcement VW Transporters and Mercedes Sprinters. The Immigration Enforcement vehicles are marked up in light blue and dark blue battenburgs and carry prominent Home Office branding. They do not have any audible or visual emergency warning devices fitted.
The most common use for the vehicles is to take enforcement officers to pre-planned operations where they raid premises suspected of harbouring people who should not be in the country. This could be a restaurant or factory for example.
The registrations of the vehicles are: BX14 FYR, BX14 FYS, BX64 BCK, BX64 BHJ, BX64 BOH, MX13 ANU, MX13 AOU, MX13 AOU, MX13 APY, MX13 ATF, MX62 AKN
A Chrono Patrol car used at the 2015 Warped North v South Paintball Festival at the Defence Training Estate, Swynnerton, Staffordshire. It is used off road on army training areas to check velocity of the paintball guns to make sure they conform to the rules of paintball using a chronograph and are safe to operate.
NA62 UMK Birmingham NEC Security VW Amarok
Birmingham NEC Security golf kart-type vehicle used for response work on the extensive site. The vehicle is seen here out of service with a flat tyre.
J3611 Land Rover Discovery belonging to an unspecified Jersey resource
NA62 UMX Birmingham NEC Security VW Caddy Traffic unit
YS14 OZA, YS14 OZV Leeds University Dacia Sandero Residence Watch security cars, marked up in the same way as police cars
P293 EOB PAW Dogs Ltd Land Rover Discovery marked as a dog unit. It is used by a private security company based in Devon that supply drug, explosive and firearms search dogs and handlers.
YP13 NXD, YP63 NWX Leeds University Dacia Sandero security cars, marked up in the same way as police cars
999 MW A Fleur De Lys kit car used to advertise Martin Williams (Hull) Ltd’s bespoke vehicle conversions. Underneath the modern (but old-style) bodywork is a 1980s/1990s Ford Transit.
The rear – showing the half-police half-fire livery.
A close look at the makers badge on the front.
SP60 UOM A security pick up truck carrying orange and yellow squares down the sides.
SK02 NKO An Historic Scotland Land Rover Defender 110 ranger vehicle.
A closer look at the rescue vehicle.
The rear
SN03 FVP An Historic Scotland Mitsubishi L200 ranger car.
NA62 UMW Birmingham NEC Security VW Caddy with police-style markings.
The rear.
LS60 LYX A medical courier bike with purple and pink chequer markings operated by eCourier Medical.
KF52 ZFA This ex-ambulance has been converted into a mobile advert for Animal Aid. The blue lights have been blacked out and the ambulance wording removed.
The rear view. Notice the unusual rear colour scheme and lack of registration plate.
A Flying Fish BBJ500 hovercraft demonstrator.
The rear.
AVK 170V This 1980 Leyland double decker bus has been decked out in Coastguard colours and is being used to advertise ParAid Medical. If you look closely, a Henry Hoover seems to be the driver!
The rear of the partially open-top bus.
KS54 KLV A traffic safety incident support Vauxhall Vectra. It carries a vector-shaped array of amber lights on the roof.
The rear view.
This golf-buggy style vehicle carries police battenburg markings. It was one of a number of such vehicles used for transporting visitors to an emergency services show from the car park to the main entrance.
The rear of the eight-seater.
A VW Beetle being used as a promotional vehicle by RVG.
The rear view. The offside has police coloured battenburg markings whereas the nearside has ambulance colours.
OV61 VZL A Jaguar XKR that is being used as a promotional vehicle for Premier Hazard. The car has a Union Flag colour scheme.
The rear showing the slogan “Celebrating 30 years – Best of British”.
MX62 NSZ Three Home Office Immigration Enforcement vans lined up. These conspicuous vehicles carry dark and light blue battenburg markings and are all Mercedes Benz Vitos.
L77 SMM Emergency Response Driver Training Ltd use this white Vauxhall Insignia for publicising the business and for blue light training. It is a 2010 model with a two-litre turbo diesel engine.
The rear view of the Insignia. This car replaces a silver Ford Focus that carried the same registration plate.
L77 SMM A Silver Ford Focus that is used for driver training by Emergency Response Driver Training Ltd.
The rear view of the Focus. The private plate letter SMM relate to the company director’s initials.
A Lake District National Park ranger boat, complete with blue flashing lights.
A Port of London Lambeth-based launch.
SK02 KNO, SN03 FVP A Land Rover Defender and a Mitsubishi L200 that are used by Historic Scotland as ranger vehicles.
E14 DMD This Land Rover Discovery is decked out in blue and silver battenburg markings. It is an independent rescue vehicle operated by BJG but carries prominent ‘Essex County Fire and Rescue Service’ wording and the service’s crest.
The opposite view of the rescue car.
SP07 EWA This Volvo V70 has the outward appearance of a fire car, but is in fact a security car. It is labelled as a ‘city and parks patrol’ vehicle and ‘dog section’ and ‘rapid response team’ wording too. It is operated by Herring Security Services.
EJ05 KXC A 700cc Smart Fortwo in police colours. This is a publicity car used by Onus Technologies.
The nearside of the Smart car showing the ambulance colours and company logos.
The rear and offside of the car where it has the conflicting colour scheme of a police vehicle! Rear red flashing lights supplement the roof-mounted light bar.
GJ11 HGP A Land Rover Freelander used by Beachy Head’s Chaplaincy Team in looking for despondent people at the infamous suicide hotspot.
The rear view of the marked-up car. The team work closely with the local police.
A closer look at the wording on the bonnet.
NA09 DDN A grey Land Rover Defender that is operated by Northumberland Inshore Fisheries & Conservation Authority. It is towing a trailer carrying a fast twin-engined fisheries patrol boat. The organisation was previously know as The Northumberland Sea Fisheries Committee from 1890-2011.
This JCB seems to have all bases covered with an amber flashing light, a green flashing light and blue flashing lights fitted in addition to the normal driving lights.
TRL 319 This 2007 Volvo V70 D5 is covered in bright red and orange decals to make it stand out on the roads. It is used by the Department for Transport’s Transport Research Laboratory for collision investigation work. It carries a personalised registration plate and a full-width amber light bar. The team use the car to analyse road collisions and provide expert witness accounts.
A look at the back of the Volvo. Notice that the livery extends onto the alloy wheels.
The Canal and Rivers Trust use this Orkadian 20 vessel called Yorkshire Ranger to patrol the waterways. It still carries the old branding of ‘British Waterways’.
The rear view of the vessel showing the clear ‘enforcement’ wording.
FL56 UNR This is a Dog Control Ford Transit Connect that is operated by ‘Community Protection’ in Nottingham. This police-style service is a collaboration between Nottingham City Council and Nottingham Police.
The side view, showing the police-style markings. The service was created to tackle anti-social behaviour and environmental crime. Officers issue fines covering a range of misdemeanours.
FJ11 KKT A Skoda Octavia that is operated as part of the Community Protection service in Nottingham.
The rear view of the Skoda. It carries police-style markings but an amber light bar.
Closest to the camera is St Oswald, a fisheries patrol vessel based in North Shields. It carries a fast rigid inflatable boat to quickly approach fishing boats and climb aboard for inspections.
Moored alongside it is a Royal Navy vessel HMS Example, a patrol and training vessel attached to the Northumbria University Royal Naval Unit. HMS Example is part of the 1st Patrol Boat Squadron (1PBS).
LK56 KJF An unusual use for green flashing lights is shown here on these two cars on the Crown Estate in Windsor. The wardens’ cars are a Ford Fiesta and a Vauxhall Astra. The Fiesta in the foreground also has two white spotlights on the roof.
14576 This Land Rover Defender is used by the Civil Defence service on the island of Guernsey. On the roof is an amber light bar, a green rotating beacon and a white searchlight. Green flashing beacons are permitted on Guernsey for all voluntary emergency services when responding to calls, including when travelling to their base for a call out.
53802 This car is believed to have been used for a multi-country ramshackle rally. It carries a blue light bar that has been covered up and ‘Mello Yello’ advertising.
The rear view of the Honda Legend showing ‘wild beaver patrol’ wording.
11785, 11784 In this action shot, two motorbikes are escorting a large load using red flashing lights. They are both Honda Deuvilles belonging to Guernsey Outriders (a division of St Peter Port Service Ltd) who have a contract with the Guernsey government to provide vehicle escort services.
A closer look at one of the escort motorbikes. The company operate three motorbikes and a marked-up van. All use red flashing lights all-round.
The rear view. The riders are all special constables, trained in the specific role they carry out only. This gives them the power to direct traffic on Guernsey narrow winding roads.
The pair of bikes ready to face another day’s service.
12452 A look at one of Guernsey Outriders’ Honda Deuvilles. Red flashing lights were chosen as the police weren’t keen on blues being used and ambers would not have the desired impact to stop oncoming traffic quickly. A change in law was implemented to make the front-facing red flashing lights legal.
The rear view, showing the high visibility jacket marked with ‘Special Constable’.
FJ61 NBX This is a dual-liveried Ecospin three-wheeled personal transportation vehicle. It is marked as police on one side and paramedic on the other to demonstrate its uses.
The rear view, showing the platform where the rider stands.