G73 NAG A side shot of a G registration Dennis appliance. This is one of five identical vehicles that were bought in 1989. It seems to be suffering from the firefighters request for a pay rise, being covered in a number of yellow ‘Y’ support stickers.
The front / side view, showing the lighting and livery layout.
R512 MPY is one of a pair of foam / water carrying appliances bought by NYF&RS in 1998. The identical sister vehicle is R513 MPY. They are Volvo FL6.18 trucks with specialist touches including massive tanks and silver grilles and bumpers.
The side view, showing the petrol-tanker style bodywork supplied by Massey Tankers. A fixed ladder is on the nearside to allow access to the top of the tank.
The rear view. The water level meter can be seen alongside a locker and the blue warning lamps. This appliance often travels long distances to incidents and is sometimes on the run empty. This means that it can get about far faster and then use its powerful vacuum pump at an incident to fill up.
NX03 JZL is a Volvo fire appliance based at Tadcater, North Yorkshire. It is a rescue unit built by Excalibur Specialist Vehicles and was new in April 2003.
The side view of the same engine, showing the lack of roof mounted ladders and large amount of lockers. This engine carries a small dinghy (oar-powered) for use on standing water.
WF52 XVP A North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service 52-plate Volkswagen Golf estate fire car. This VW is fitted with a roof blue light and two strobe repeaters below the registration plate, as well as a siren.
A 1998 South Yorkshire Mercedes-Benz 1124F rescue pump in Sheffield.
NU52 RGX One of four Volvo FL6H-based appliances built by Cummock-based Emergency One UK for North Yorkshire F&RS. This engine was based at York for a few days before being moved to Selby. This happened because this was the first of a newer, wider Volvo that struggled to negotiate the narrow streets of the city of York.
A NYF&RS decontamination demountable pod based at Selby.
TD52 TWW A Mercedes Bronco Syklift appliance in use. Its stabilisers can be seen which allow the boom to move to a greater number of positions without risking tipping the appliance over.
The lift can be used to reach over obstacles, not just to reach heights. Here the operator is working the controls from the seated position at the base of the boom.
There are duplicate controls in the cradle, which allow the operator to move themselves about to great accuracy. Here the cradle looks to be hovering a few inches above the ground, some distance from the appliance.
A close-up look at the controls. The advanced electronics prohibits the user from moving the cradle to a position that could risk tipping the appliance.
EX02 WFB This is a shot of an 02 registration Nissan Almera fire car belonging to London Fire Brigade.
The rear view of an identicle vehicle. LFB have a fleet of these cars which run on liquid petroleum gas (LPG).
FKU 898Y This is a South Yorkshire Fire Service Dennis appliance. Now in preservation, this 1980 appliance was originally stationed at Barnsley. Notice how the same livery is being used through to the early 2000’s.
NU52 HUJ This is a 52 plate Iveco Daily Environmental Protection Unit from Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service.
The rear view showing the plain red rear.
STY 31S This is 1977 S-reg Dennis rescue tender from Durham County Fire Brigade.
D118 HHN This is a 1986 (Communist) East German Trabant 601S fire car. It was donated to Cleveland County Fire Brigade by German fire services. The Trabant is powered by a two-stroke engine and has plastic bodywork.
Q288 YAW This is a 1969 TACR1 (Truck Airfield Crash Rescue, Mark 1). It is one of 78 built by HCB Angus and served at RNAS Daedalus until 1988. It is Landrover hybrid with a 2.25 litre petrol engine.
B856 SAJ This is a B registration aircraft crash rescue Range Rover.
This is one of London Fire Brigade’s boats, based on the Thames at Lambeth.
NL02 OJN This is a 2002 Cleveland Scania P94D appliance.
NK03 HPL Here is a 2003 Dennis Sabre fire appliance, callsign ‘Quebec Zero One’. This appliance is based at Darlington.
V270 JWP This is a Vauxhall Movano Community Fire Safety van operated by Durham & Darlington Fire & Rescue.
F66 LBW This ex-Buckinghamshire 1988 Leyland pumping appliance is operated by a private company that provides fire cover during specialist events. Note that this appliance has a dayglo orange paint scheme, as opposed to the traditional red.
Firefighters continue damping down after a house fire. The roof was blown off these flats by a gas explosion. Notice the officer in the checked bib who is in charge of the breathing apparatus board.
A 2002 Mercedes Bronco Skylift appliance from NYF&RS.
The front view of the same appliance. It is pictured here on the run at York’s fire station. It is running on trade plates (398 BT) registered to NYF&RS, and will probably be ’52’ registered. During August and September 2002 it has been moving around fire stations to train fire fighters on this new appliance. This very photograph appeared in Turnout magazine.
This was the oldest fully operational appliance used by the Tyne and Wear Fire Brigade in 2002. Alpha 07 is the mobile incident command unit that is used to co-ordinate a large fire. The appliance dates back to 1980. Here it is with two fire cars that are used by senior officers. It was dealing with a large scrap yard fire.
The size of this vehicle can clearly be seen from this picture. Typically, it houses a large array of equipment, including maps, chemical information, emergency lighting and a sophisticated fire ground radio system. Also on this photograph is a Northumbria Police Ford Focus that has closed the road off.
Here we have an incident support unit photographed in York. This diesel powered van has a large carrying capacity for specialist equipment.
YG02 NBB A general use fire service Land Rover boasting its sponsor’s name on the side.
E789 LAJ is a1987 Dennis DS153 Emergency Tender.
B178 NHN is a Carmichael Bedford TKG Water Tender (with 13.5m ladder).
A Fire Brigade Land Rover Defender 110. Ghost: the frontal view.
Now here’s a Fireground Feeding Unit for hungry firefighters at long or major incidents. You can also see the white Fire Brigade Ford Transit (with blue lights) used to tow it.
R692 NCU is a Tyne and Wear appliance; a Dennis Sabre ML 322A12VGS8. It was based at Washington (Sierra) Station when this photograph was taken in 2000.