Jupiter

Brian Anderson

**Jupiter** is the main fire engine of the Pontypandy Fire Station, driven to emergencies mostly by Fireman Sam, though the other firefighters have driven it as well.

## Description

The pride of the Pontypandy Fire Service, Jupiter is always on hand to attend all manner of disasters. Expertly driven by Sam and the crew, Jupiter is a welcome sight to anyone in trouble. Always clean and shiny, Jupiter's bright red paintwork and flashing blue lights are a clear sight that help is on the way.

## Trivia

* Jupiter used to have a number plate registration J 999 until it was removed from Fireman Sam Season 5 along with the other vehicles in the main series for unknown reasons.
* Jupiter is now an aerial rescue pump receiving elements of the Bedford 6x4 whilst gaining the extra wheelset (rIn series 6 Jupiter's front end was facelifted and is taken from the elements of the Volvo FL6 which got modified with new headlamps, a yellow strip and two strobe lights on either side.) and can seat three people.
* The lockers in Jupiter now contain various items and differ in most episodes:
	+ on the right, the hoses, the main pump bay, and the extinguishers.
	+ on the left, the hoses, the jaws of life, another pump bay, and a bucket of sand.
	+ at the rear are the elevating ladder controls and a short extension ladder.
* Jupiter now has a hydraulic platform fitted but still retains a short extension ladder.
	+ In addition, she has two outriggers on the sides of its cab, but we never see her rear platform, extended out along with the snorkel and revealing two more outriggers in some episodes.
* The siren is replaced with old two-tone horns.
* Jupiter now has two blue beacons on her roof and no bell.
* Apart from Sam, everyone else based at Pontypandy Fire Station have also driven Jupiter to emergencies on many occasions. Station Officer Steele has also driven it in some of the storybooks from the 1990s.
* Between Fireman Sam Seasons 1-4, Jupiter had four wheels. Since Fireman Sam Season 5, it has had six wheels.
* In Fireman Sam Season 5 and Fireman Sam Season 6 episode Paper Plane Down, the striping at the rear of Jupiter was shown in an upside-down V style. Since then, it has been depicted the other way up.
* In Fireman Sam Season 10 Jupiter has four noticeable upgrades: the new fire service logos painted on, a new strobe light pattern, the same touch screen system as the Map-screen 700 fixed into the cab and a new interior.
* Since Fireman Sam Season 10, Station Officer Steele gets to drive Jupiter.
* In Fireman Sam Season 10, the logos on the cab are phosphorescent (can glow in darkness).
* Jerry Lee is the only one who has yet to drive Jupiter.
* Penny and Station Officer Steele are the only Pontypandy firefighters who have yet to drive Jupiter in a Fireman Sam movie.
* In Series 11, the blue lights at the rear were fixed and the lockers have more detail.
* Jupiter's elevating ladder has a water cannon for putting out fires from above, it was only used in A Real Live Wire, Pizza Palaver and Magic Norman.
* Jupiter's short extension ladder is only used in Firefighter of Tomorrow and Model Plane.
* Jupiter is parked in the second bay of the New Fire Station.
* As Jupiter 2000, there are some of the following that is modified:
	+ A yellow flame decal is surrounded on the front end.
	+ A new siren light bar (with the new traditional wail/yelp siren from the Tonka Toughest Minis fire truck and Roy and Poli in the South Korean animated show Robocar Poli) is covered in two lights.
	+ Six strobe lights are added on the front end.
	+ A lattice frame is attached to the windshield.
	+ Mudguards are mounted over the wheels.
	+ Crown plated exhaust pipes are placed under the lockers.
	+ A black snowplough with orange wasp stripes is added under the bumper.
	+ Jet engines are covered on the sides.
	+ The platform has two water cannons.
* Jupiter 2000 is due to make a return in Fireman Sam: Silver Hatch Heroes
* As of Fireman Sam Season 13, Jupiter receives some forms of upgrades.
	+ She has her own trailer that can carry cargo and water rescue vehicles such as Juno and the Hovercraft.
	+ She also has Radar's seat whereas the seat can be raised for Radar to observe on the roof.
	+ On the front grill of Jupiter, it includes a sidling compartment where the toolbox and replacement parts are stored. But that feature was axed in Fireman Sam Spin-off Series because the creator said it looked unrealistic and that it never got used.
* Jupiter has a 200hp l6 turbo diesel engine with a top speed of 75mph (120 km/h) and weighs 15 tonnes.
* Jupiter is the star of her own Spin-off show "Jupiter The Firetruck" (Jupiter The Fire Engine in the UK dub) created by ElaHatcher. In her spin-off show, Jupiter has a face and has the ability to talk.
* As of Fireman Sam: Silver Hatch Heroes, Jupiter receives some forms of upgrades.
	+ She has a brand new Battenburg pattern on the rifit part of the rear of the snorkel.
	+ She retains Radar's seat, from Fireman Sam: Hero Of Brooms Town, Radar's seat is referred to as Radar's viewing chamber
	+ She now has a deployable platform to transport Cici in which she clarifies the platform as her seat since Radar has his seat.
	+ Her rear lights now flash in the style of a Scania Fire Engine's flashing blue lights
* Jupiter's Fireman Sam Season 6-14 designs are still in use in Fireman Sam Spin-off Series as Jupiter's Fireman Sam Season 15 designs were split into a separate vehicle