Our Collection covers the history of all four 999 emergency services- ambulance, coastguard, fire & rescue and police- from their modern origins in the 19th Century, to the present day. In addition, we hold objects related to predecessor services such as insurance fire brigades and parish policing, and today's 999 partner services including: the RNLI, Mountain Rescue, Lowland Rescue, Cave Rescue, and specialised professional services like Defence Police, and Defence, industrial and airport fire & rescue.

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We aim to make records of our collections available online as soon as possible. While we continue our cataloguing journey, you can explore our vehicle fleet and other featured objects below.