Category: OTHERS

Search and Rescue

Border Search and Rescue The line up of vehicles at the rescue base ..

Border Search and Rescue
The line up of vehicles at the rescue base in Kelso. The base is a garage with three doors and is no longer suitable for us by the service. There are no toilet facilities, the vehicles only just fit in and there is very limited storage space for equipment. Other equipment is stored at another site one mile away which slows down response times to rescue calls. They are currently fundraising £450k for a new purpose built base that will meet the needs of the organisation.

Search and Rescue

SN06 DYW Border Search and Rescue Land Rover Defender

SN06 DYW
Border Search and Rescue
Land Rover Defender
Based at Kelso, Scotland. The team respond to call outs made via the police to searches in the Scottish Borders. Working on the boundary between two countries brings its unique challenges, such as identifying which side of the border a found body was on (and therefore which police service will investigate it) and working with neighbouring North of Tyne SAR who are under the Mountain Rescue England and Wales umbrella rather than the Scottish equivalent.

Foreign In UK

AEBI MT750

AEBI MT750
This small vehicle was being demonstrated at the Emergency Services Show 2018

Foreign In UK

OAS 358 Hong Kong Police Alvis Saracen

OAS 358
Hong Kong Police
Alvis Saracen
This 1958 armoured personnel carrier saw service with the Hong Kong police through to the 1990s. It is now a promotional vehicle at a car dealership in rural North Yorkshire.

Safety Cars

McLaren 650S

McLaren 650S
British GT 2018 Donnington Park Finale sponsored McLaren 650s Safety Car. This is a road car provided by McLaren but was carrying Pirelli plate covers which are the sponsor of the championship

Miscellaneous

Hyundai Santa Fe

Hyundai Santa Fe
Demonstration vehicle carrying Irish registration plates and prominent Rapid Response wording

Miscellaneous

Ford Transit

Ford Transit
Demonstration vehicle carrying Irish registration plates and prominent Rapid Response wording

Traffic Enforcement

AY67 AHN Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency Renault Master

AY67 AHN
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Renault Master
This is prototype of a new type of vehicle for the DVSA to be launched in late 2018 / early 2019. It is larger than existing vans and is used as a mobile base. Inside is an office environment for research to take place into vehicles and to provide welfare facilities for the officers.

Bomb Disposal

25 AM 44 RAF Ford Zephyr

25 AM 44
RAF
Ford Zephyr
This was a standard civilian model but with red wings to warm other road users. This car was in service 1966-1971 and since 1988 has been in preservation at the RAF Museum.