Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service unveils gold fire engine to celebrate 50th birthday

A gold fire engine has been rolled out by a fire service, as it marks its 50th birthday.

Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service has officially unveiled a one-time-only gold fire engine to celebrate the service’s milestone birthday.

The appliance features a brand-new new design incorporating lots of gold colouring, a special birthday logo and smoke alarm safety messaging.

This year marks 50 years of serving Nottinghamshire’s communities for the emergency service, after The City of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Fire Brigades were merged in 1974 to create Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service.

It has been 77 years since the two separate brigades were created under The Fire Services Act 1947.

"To be celebrating 50 years of serving our communities is an amazing milestone and one that we're really proud of," said group manager Daniel Palmer, who works within the service's strategic support team.

"Many things have changed over the last five decades but one thing has remained the same — our purpose of making people safer across Nottinghamshire.

"Wrapping this appliance is a small gesture but one that hopefully reminds residents that we are here if ever we need them. The wrapping also features some smoke alarm safety messaging, too, which reflects our commitment to preventing incidents before they occur."

The gold engine will be based at London Road Fire Station, and made its ‘public debut’ at Stapleford Fire Station’s Open Day on Saturday, September 28.