Category: Others > Miscellaneous

Unusual, rare or one-off emergency vehicles that don’t fall into any other category

J114203 Jersey Raynet Mercedes Sprinter

J114203
Jersey Raynet
Mercedes Sprinter
Emergency communications vehicle. A former Mercedes Sprinter ambulance (ex-States of Jersey Ambulance Service) has been converted to a mobile emergency communications unit operated by Jersey Raynet. The green batenburg markings have been replaced with red. The blue lights remain in place and an antennae mast added. Inside is Raynet’s communication kit, but there is still a lot of ambulance signage present, like ‘Clinicial Waste’.
Photograph Location: Jersey

Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service A humorous novelty creation resembli..

Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service
A humorous novelty creation resembling a lawn mower modified to mimic a fire response vehicle. It features a red paint job, blue beacon, and ‘The Big Red Key’ signwriting. Notice the seat is made of part of a supermarket shopping trolley, complete with the holder for the self scanner.
Photograph Location: Newmarket

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.

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.

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.