B856 SAJ This tri-axel Range Rover is a ‘Defence Fire Services’ aircraft crash rescue appliance. Notice the roof-mounted ladders and floodlight, and a number of blue lights, but no light bar.
E742 PFV Another Range Rover, this time three years newer and belonging to the Royal Air Force.
F743 MDN This Range Rover is an ex-RAF fire fighting vehicle owned by Hields Aviation. It is used as ground support for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance as well as private purposes. On this frontal view, notice the large winch which means that the registration plate has had to be moved to the bonnet.
The front/side view shows that this vehicle has three axels. It can be switched between four-wheel drive and six-wheel drive. On smooth high speed roads it wallows around and is more at home off-road.
The rear view showing the locker, roof-mounted ladders and spotlight.
KAY 39V is an open-top yellow Landrover 88 which is used for fire and emergency rescue cover at Breighton Airfield, North Yorkshire. Notice the upturned ‘Hello!’ on the front of the nearside wing. It is designed so that it can be read by a pilot in a upturned crashed plane as the rescue vehicle approaches!
The rear view of the Landrover showing the fire extinguishers and other equipment carried in the back. The vehicle is owned and run by The Real Aeroplane Company Ltd.
This is a Thorney Croft Nubian Major, with a 1500 gallon water tank and fitted with an Albany foam pump and a Cummins Diesel engine. The power plant is a Perkins diesel 17 litre engine with 5 semi automatic forward gears and 1 reverse. It carries a crew of 5.
MYH 182P is a Chubb spearhead light foam tender.
Thorney Croft appliances at Duxford Airfield.
The second appliance.
D797 LFL is a Range Rover from an MOD contract from 1973/74. It has a 4-man cab and carries 200 gallons of premixed foam.
D374 EAD at Duxford airfield.
PUS 270M and another appliance at Duxford.
RUL 782R is a Chubb spearhead light foam tender at Duxford.
G175 SCH A ‘G’ registration General Motor Company off-road vehicle being worked on at the Yorkshire Air Museum.
A 1979 airport fire Ford Transit. This vehicle is currently out of use and was festering behind a hanger at the Yorkshire Air Museum before an enthusiast bought it and it was renovated back to full working order.
An old Landrover SWB fire vehicles from Rufforth Airfield, North Yorkshire.
WNE 371L This is a Reynolds Broughton Chubb ‘Pathfinder’ airfield fire appliance seen at the Yorkshire Air Museum, at Elvington near York. Although a museum, the airfield occasionally receives some flights. The appliance is mainly there to protect the exhibits.
It was initially used by Manchester International Airport Fire service. It is built on a ‘Griffin’ 6-wheel drive high performance chassis at has a top speed of about 60 mph. This vehicle is immense. It measures 37’4″ (12.9m) long, 10′ (3.4m) wide and 13’7″ (5.0m) high.
This vehicle is design for a crew of four, but can be operated by only one person. This model dates back to 1972. The pathfinder was awarded the Design Council’s Engineering award in 1974 in respect of its then advanced design.
B233 XMY Also to be found at Elvington is this 1984 Range Rover rapid intervention vehicle. It is ultimately quicker than the Pathfinder, but can only carry a limited amount of supplies.
It is different to a normal range rover by having an additional set of driven wheels, making it 6-wheel drive. It is powered by a Rover V8 engine, and had a separate water pump.
BX10 LBL This is a three-wheeled Piaggio MP3 motorbike belonging to the Metropolitan Police, London. It is fitted with blue flashing lights and is usually driven by PCSOs working for the Safer Transport Command. The blue light are only used when stationary to warn motorists of its presence by the side of the road or to protect a scene, as the riders aren’t response trained. It is one of dozens that were introduced from June 2010.
The rear view, showing the small Transport for London logo. The Met is the first force in the country to use this type of vehicle. There are two derivatives in use by the Met, the 400LT and the 250IE. The larger engined model requires a category B1 driving licence and the smaller engined model only requires a restriced category A licence.
The bike merging back into traffic. You can see how narrow it is compared to cars. The bikes require minimal additional training to ride as they can be ridden without having a motorbike licence. They are also much more environmentally friendly than cars.
BX10 LHP is another of the Met’s Piaggio MP3s, a 250cc model.
BX10 LHE is a Met Police Piaggio MP3. It is parked up with its blue lights flashing as part of a temporary road closure. This is normally the only time you can see the blue lights (and red to rear) activated, as the PCSO riders are not response trained and are not permitted to use them when the vehicle is moving.
CU59 GGY A Volvo V70 D5 roads policing car from Dfyed Powys Police.
AK59 HXT This smart silver Range Rover 3.6-litre is shown here in demonstration police livery.
The rear view of the TDV8 Range Rover.
WN59 VNV This is a Mitsubishi Outlander that is a demonstrator on loan to Durham Constabulary in Summer 2010.
The rear view of the Mitsubishi.
YJ59 NYZ is a Mitsubishi Outlander that is with North Yorkshire Police. It carries a single band of battenburg markings down each side, as well as Crimestoppers and non-emergency telephone number advertising.
The rear view of the Mitsubishi.
LX56 EVF is one of the BTP’s Nissan Pathfinders, seen here at Inverness Station.
The rear view. Notice how there are two identical force crests on each side, one on the front door and a second on the rear-most window.
YJ10 ADU This is an Iveco Eurocargo that is run by West Yorkshire Police as an underwater and specialist search unit. It carries all of the necessary equipment and facilities for police divers.
The rear view showing the rear entry door. Small blue flashing leds are placed around the bodywork, as well as white scene lighting.
This Police boat is built by Mac Boats from New Zealand. Due to the unique construction of the hull, the boat is claimed to be virtually indestructible and unsinkable.
This is a Met Police boat MP1 Patrick Colquhoun. It is the largest type of launch that the service use and is seen here at its unit headquarters with the towers of Canary Wharf seen in the background. Patrick Colquhoun was the founder of the Thames River Police in 1798.
P160 PYW This land Rover Defender 90 is a 1996 vehicle that was still in used by the Met Police’s Marine Unit in 2009. It is fitted with a winch on the front and the standard Met livery.
This is a Strathclyde Police launch which was a familiar site on the Clyde before being sold. It was last spotted in Portishead, converted to a sight seeing boat.
This is a MOD Police launch called James Dalton spotted near Faslane.