page_title: Fire appliances in the United Kingdom
section_title: Motorcycles
hierarchical_section_title: Fire appliances in the United Kingdom / Public fire and rescue services / Motorcycles
caption_attribution_description: English: Merseyside Fire and Rescue Motorbike
context_page_description: Fire services in the United Kingdom use a variety of fire appliances, which perform a wide range of general and specialised roles and fit into several distinct categories. Contemporary fire appliances carry a multitude of equipment and firefighting media to deal with different types of emergencies ranging from fires, rescues, vehicle extrication, floods, salvage, casualty and trauma care.
  The design and size of a fire appliance depends very much upon the role it is expected to perform. In general, most fire and rescue services use a standardised range of vehicles and equipment. However, airport fire services tend to use much larger and heavier appliances than those typically deployed by public fire services.
  Common fire appliance manufacturers and suppliers in the UK include Dennis, Scania, Volvo, HCB Angus, JDC, EmergencyOne, Angloco and Carmichael. Most front line fire appliances in the UK are marked in high conspicuity red and yellow battenburg markings, and are fitted with blue lights and sirens. Many appliances have roller shutter doors revealing compartments housing various items of equipment.
context_section_description: In July 2010, the Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service began a six-month trial of two fire bikes to be used to fight small fires, freeing up main appliances. Merseyside has also deployed other bikes for various uses since 2005. Several UK fire services use fire bikes not for firefighting, but as motorcycle road safety awareness tools.
caption: Fire bike with Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service
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