NAMED MODELSpecial · FireSpecial · RescueMilitary · UKUnited Kingdom
RNAS Series III Fire Rescue.
Royal Navy Series III 109 fire and rescue Land Rover Q877 OBP from RNAS Portland, a red truck cab with a locker body of rescue gear, ladders on the roof and a barred grille guard, one of the small Series III fire vehicles kept at naval air stations for airfield fire and crash-rescue duties.
BASE VEHICLESeries III 109″BUILT BYLand Rover (Series III 109-inch truck cab)IN SERVICE1971–85OPERATED INUnited KingdomPRODUCTIONSmall batchLAYOUT4 wheels · 109″
The record
Naval air stations kept small four-wheel-drive rescue vehicles alongside their foam tenders to reach a crashed helicopter or aircraft across the airfield and its surrounds. Q877 OBP, a Series III 109 truck cab in fire red with a locker body on the bed, served RNAS Portland — HMS Osprey, the Dorset helicopter base — and carries RNAS PORTLAND / RESCUE on its doors, ROYAL NAVY on the body sides, ladders on a roof rack, hose and rescue tools in the lockers, a red barred guard over the grille with blue lamps below and a Q-prefix registration marking its late civil registration after military service. ukemergency.co.uk photographed it in preservation alongside RAF and other fire vehicles.
The registry's model is a red Series III 109 truck cab with the locker body, lettering, roof-rack ladders, grille guard and blue lamps; in the game it carries water-pool pickups and the blue-light boost.
Specification
MANUFACTURERLand Rover (Series III 109-inch truck cab)
MODIFIER / COACHBUILDERRoyal Navy (fire and rescue fit)
MANUFACTUREDSeries III; Q registration after service
FITTINGSLocker body, roof ladders, grille guard, blue lamps
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINESeries III
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE109″
CATEGORYSpecial · Fire, Special · Rescue, Military · UK
Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.
Imagery
No published image yetA rendering impression or a free-licence photograph will appear here once one is published — the sources below link to photographs elsewhere
Where it was
GB United Kingdom1975–1999 · RNAS Portland fire section
