A view of an R.I.V (Rapid Intervention Vehicle) based at Stranton Fire Station, Hartlepool. This appliance was purchased to bridge a gap between a conventional appliance and an emergency tender, particularly in the field of crashed vehicle incidents. c1970 
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A Pictorial History of Stockton-on-Tees
This picture of a 1978 Range Rover/Carmichael Rapid Intervention Vehicle (THN949S) comes from a set of postcards issued by Cleveland County Fire Brigade, during the 1970/80s. there were 33 in the set, and they showed a variety of the Brigades appliances and stations, each with a fire safety message on the back.they are an extremely interesting set, but very hard to find now. Cleveland operated three Emergency Tenders, this one at Stranton in Hartlepool, another at Stockton (Norton), and a third, originally at Middlesbrough, but from 1985, Coulby Newham.This appliance was sold to a Brigade in Ireland sometime around 1990.
I WAS STATIONED AT HARTLEPOOL WHEN THIS RIV ARRIVED AND ATTENDED MANY EMERGENCY CALLS WITH IT…IT HAD ITS FAULTS BUT WAS A REAL ASSET TO ANY TASK IT WAS ASKED TO COMPLETE…..HAPPY DAYS