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Explore our wide range of fleet below, and learn what vehicles we use as a fire service.

If you've ever wondered how much water a fire engine can hold, how heavy a fire appliance is, or which vehicle types we have, you'll find the answers here.

 
New Medium Rescue Pump

Medium Rescue Pump (MRP)

The largest of our appliances carrying full inventory and 13.5m ladder.

Find out more about the MRP
 
The LRP is a red fire engine. This photo is taken from straight ahead, so is mainly the red front, windscreen, red and white striped bottom and the sirens on top. A glimpse of the side can be seen, with neon yellow stripes and silver slide-up doors. 'Fire - Rescue' is written along the front in white capitals.

Light Rescue Pump (LRP)

Our medium sized appliance carrying a slightly reduced inventory and 10.5 m ladder.

Find out more about the LRP
 
The RIV is a smaller vehicle. The front is like a van. It's red, with sirens on the top and red and white stripes at the bottom. There looks to be two doors each side to get in to the seats. The back is two grey slide-up doors. A neon yellow and red block pattern runs along the middle of the vehicle.

Rapid Intervention Vehicle (RIV)

The smallest of our operational fire appliance with a similar inventory to the LRP and a 9 m ladder.

Find out more about the RIV
 
The SRT is like a van, with two doors with single steps either side to get in. The front is all red, with the Service logo on the second door. The back shows grey sliding doors for equipment. Blue sirens are visible at the front. A neon yellow line runs along the middle of the vehicle, and the top of the sliding doors.

Specialist Rescue Tender (SRT)

A vehicle used for specialist rescue operations, such as water rescues, lifts and rescues from height or animal rescues.

Find out more about the SRT
  • Aerial Ladder Platform (ALP) - where water needs to be distributed from above, the ALP comes in very useful.
  • Argocat - an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) that's very helpful when responding to wildfires.
  • Environmental Protection Unit (EPU) - support at incidents where there's a risk of exposure to hazardous materials.
  • Groundhog - part of our wildfire response, it's designed for off-road use and is able to cross difficult terrain.
  • Heavy Rescue Tender (HRT) - used to deliver specialist and extra equipment to Road Traffic Collisions, and supports at rail crashes.
  • Prime Mover - a vehicle fitted with a hook lift, able to carry Service Pods or containers to incidents.
  • Water carrier - as it sounds, this vehicle carries large amounts of water - and sometimes foam - to incidents.
  • Water rescue equipment - an inflatable boat or raft with certain equipment alongside to help at different types of incident.
  • 4x4 Light Vehicle - this has multiple roles: co-responding, carrying pumps, specialist rescue operations and general transportation.

See our fleet list

The list shows the make, model, type of vehicle and which station is using it.

Under Freedom of Information Act Section 24, National Security, we do not provide vehicle registration numbers, station numbers or callsigns.

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