Category: Miscellaneous

Newfoundland Water Rescue Dogs
The dogs are very strong swimmers and enter the water along with a human rescuer to help anyone in distress in the water, typically in lakes or rivers

British Divers Marine Life Rescue
Buggy
Used to effect rescues on beaches

P70 PYS
British Divers Marine Life Rescue
Volvo V70
Showing some of the rescuers in action practicing to save an inflatable animal

CIB 9241
Lincolshire 4×4 Response
Land Rover Discovery
Used by volunteers to help the emergency services in conditions such as flooding and heavy snow

K14 SKH
Lincolshire 4×4 Response
Kia Sorento
Used by volunteers to help the emergency services in conditions such as flooding and heavy snow

Formula BMW race car converted into a simulator complete with pedals and steering wheels operating the controls

BX59 DLE
BT
Land Rover Defender
Tactical Command Unit

BX12 UBF
BT
Mitsubishi L200
Communication Response Unit 3

MM14 WKY
NEC Security
Renault Master
Security Patrol Incident Response Traffic unit

RFZ 7476
Emergency Fire and Safety Ltd
Nissan Navara

14489
Guernsey Outriders
Honda Deauville
Escort motorbike, fitted with red flashing lights front and rear and with the rider designated a s a special constable to control traffic

47458
Guernsey Outriders
Ford Transit
Escort vehicle with two red flashing lightbars

CV60 HXT
Service Security Patrol
Nissan Navara
Used for patrolling military bases

Port of London Authority
These boats, fitted with blue lights, are operated on the river Thames from the base at the Thames Barrier. One is named Tyburn.

J96782, J107617
Jersey Marinas
Isuzu Trooper D-Max
This pair of vehicles carry different liveries but are with the same organisation. The reason for the difference is that J96782 was previously in service as an Operations can at Jersey Airport

Austin Mini used by the Fire Fighter Racing Team. The Kent-based team race the Mini is a variety of motorsport events to raise funds for the Fire Fighters Charity. It is well sponsored and carries a small amount of red and yellow battenburg markings.

E4 RDT
Emergency Response Driver Training Ltd
Range Rover

GJ51 EGG Infastructure Training and Assistance Projects Vauxhall Zafira emergency response / rescue vehicle. The organisation is involved Community Emergency Planning in the UK and has other projects abroad. The car carries a personalised plate of the founder J. Slegg.

GV13 VJO, GX14 GYH Adur and Worthing Councils beach patrol vehicles. The ATV is fitted with a flashing blue light. The vehicles cover almost 11 miles of coastline.

Northumberland Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority fisheries patrol vessel St Aidan. Costing £700k and first launched in August 2015, the boat is a 16m long catamaran. It is used for fisheries enforcement, environmental studies and seabed surveying. It covers six miles into the North Sea from the border with Scotland at Berwick to its base is at the mouth of the River Tyne at North Shields.

MX13 AOE, NK62 FMZ Home Office Immigration Enforcement VW Transporter and Mercedes Vito

A Lake Warden boat is seen here responding to an emergency on Windermere using blue flashing lights. Later, while towing a stricken vessel to safety, it uses red flashing lights.

A Lake Patrol Ranger boat on Windermere

HMS Dasher (P280) has a blue light fitted to the mast; the sister vessel alongside doesn’t. HMS Dasher is an Archer-class patrol and training boat belonging to the Royal Navy.

Home Office Immigration Enforcement VW Transporters and Mercedes Sprinters. The Immigration Enforcement vehicles are marked up in light blue and dark blue battenburgs and carry prominent Home Office branding. They do not have any audible or visual emergency warning devices fitted.

The most common use for the vehicles is to take enforcement officers to pre-planned operations where they raid premises suspected of harbouring people who should not be in the country. This could be a restaurant or factory for example.

The registrations of the vehicles are: BX14 FYR, BX14 FYS, BX64 BCK, BX64 BHJ, BX64 BOH, MX13 ANU, MX13 AOU, MX13 AOU, MX13 APY, MX13 ATF, MX62 AKN

A Chrono Patrol car used at the 2015 Warped North v South Paintball Festival at the Defence Training Estate, Swynnerton, Staffordshire. It is used off road on army training areas to check velocity of the paintball guns to make sure they conform to the rules of paintball using a chronograph and are safe to operate.

NA62 UMK Birmingham NEC Security VW Amarok

Birmingham NEC Security golf kart-type vehicle used for response work on the extensive site. The vehicle is seen here out of service with a flat tyre.

J3611 Land Rover Discovery belonging to an unspecified Jersey resource