Images from a virtual fire scene. These are projected onto a wall and are used for training by London’s firefighters at their Beckon training centre. The controllers of the ‘game’ in a neighbouring room can throw in changes to the scenario at will. For example they could make a nearby car burst in to flames or make the fire spread quickly into adjoining buildings.
AE57 FMZ London Fire Brigade Mercedes Atego 1328F Fire Rescue Unit
HV60 URW London Fire Brigade Mercedes Benz Sprinter Brigade Distribution Centre (BDC) Distribution Van
AE07 HWA London Fire Brigade Mercedes Benz Atego 1325F Pump Ladder based at Barking
WX07 EEM London Fire Brigade Mercedes Atego Command Support Unit
RX04 BUJ London Fire Brigade Mercedes Benz Atego Pump Ladder based at Harold Hill Fire Station. Also showing the plaque showing it was opened in 2010 and the indoor RTC training area.
London Fire Brigade’s Beckton training centre. It is privately run to save the brigade money. It was opened by mayor Boris Johnson in June 2014. The entirely indoor training centre has control units, a large mural, smoke training rooms and collapsed buildings for USAR training. The BMW 1-series pictured has just 6 miles on the clock. It was donated by BMW as they couldn’t sell it because engineering students had dismantled it and reassembled it a number of times.
AE57 FNC London Fire Brigade Mercedes Benz Atego 1325F Pump Ladder based at East Ham
BX57 BOU London Fire Brigade Mercedes Econic / GB Fire Aerial Ladder Platform based at Dagenham – also showing the appliance on a blue light run
BX57 BOU, RX53 KXK, AE07 HWH The line up of appliances at Dagenham Fire Station. The station closed in November 2014 for a year to allow this old building to be demolished and a new fire station built on the same site.
AE07 HVN London Fire Brigade Mercedes Benz Atego Pump Ladder based at the picturesque Woodford fire station
537 UXT Storthes Hall Hospital Fire Brigade Ford Thames 400E Based at the psychiatric hospital in West Yorkshire that closed in 1991
E119 FCJ The country’s most famous firefighter, Fireman Sam from Pontypandy Fire Brigade, assists with a rescue
FG13 FSX Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service Ford Ranger A Wildfire Unit based at Barnard Castle
L231 XVC Eastern Fire and Rescue Land Rover Discovery Carrying the logo of the British Fire Services Association. The team provide event fire and film cover services in East Suffolk
NA63 AOX Cleveland Fire Brigade Scania P280
46 FL 29 Army Fire Service Land Rover
LKG 390 Hoover Ltd. Fire Brigade Land Rover Series I Carrying an impressive amount of equipment on the bonnet and front bumper
LTY 352 Northumberland Fire Brigade Dennis F8 / Miles Dating from 1957. Also showing the crest and classic bell and amber flashing lights
A861 OAS Highlands and Islands Fire Brigade Bedford CF350 Based at Drumnadrochit, which lies about half way down Loch Ness
MGY 302D Murex Ltd. Works Fire Brigade Land Rover Series I
MT52 BVN Manchester International Airport Fire and Rescue Service Ford Focus
YN07 PMV, YS02 YDR The line up of vehicles at Doncaster Fire Station
YS02 YDR South Yorkshire Fire And Rescue Service Volvo FM12 Aerial Ladder Platform – Based at Doncaster
The side view
The rear view
YN13 ATX South Yorkshire Fire And Rescue Service Scania P320 / JDC – Showing the contents of the lockers
On a blue light call
The rear
WN58 KWV South Yorkshire Fire And Rescue Service Mitsubishi L200 – Water Rescue Unit
The side view
YN07 PNJ South Yorkshire Fire And Rescue Service Scania P310 / Emergency One
WN58 KWR South Yorkshire Fire And Rescue Service Mitsubishi L200 / Angloco – Cat 2 Response Vehicle
The rear
K413 EET, K412 EET South Yorkshire Fire And Rescue Service Mercedes Benz / Saxon – This pair of 1993 appliances were still in service in 2014 in the reserve fleet.
The rear
A closer look at ‘413’
The front grille
The two tone emergency horns
YN09 AMX, YN07 PMU South Yorkshire Fire And Rescue Service Scania P310 / Emergency One
Firefighters rest while their appliances stand idle