Teesdale and Weardale Search and Mountain Rescue Defender
Teesdale and Weardale Search and Mountain Rescue Team's Defender 110 station wagon NX14 GKO, stationed at Durham fire station alongside sister vehicle NK53 TYA at Barnard Castle, a white rescue ambulance with a fluorescent yellow front, red and white chequer, winch, screen-framing roof rack with spot lamps, light bar and cargo bag for moorland casualty search and recovery.
History
Teesdale and Weardale Search and Mountain Rescue Team covers the North Pennine moors of County Durham and the upper Tees from bases at Barnard Castle and Durham. ukemergency.co.uk photographed NX14 GKO, the team's newer Defender 110 station wagon, at Durham fire station: white with a fluorescent yellow front panel, black winch bumper, mirrored Ambulance lettering on the bonnet, a black roof rack whose front legs come down to frame the windscreen, four spot lamps and a MOUNTAIN RESCUE light bar on the rack front and a large cargo bag behind, two rows of red and white chequer along the doors and rear body, MOUNTAIN RESCUE on the doors, the team badge and TEESDALE & WEARDALE MOUNTAIN RESCUE AMBULANCE on the panelled rear quarters, a blue rear door with yellow corner blocks and white steel wheels. The team runs it with NK53 TYA, an older Defender kept at Barnard Castle.
The registry's model reproduces NX14 GKO with the yellow front, screen frame, spot lamps and light bar, winch, chequer and lettering, badge, blue rear and the roof bag, which drops as cargo in the game alongside the blue-light boost and winch pickups.
Imagery
Registry record
- Manufacturer
- Land Rover (Defender 110 station wagon)
- Manufactured
- NX14 registration
- Modifier / coachbuilder
- Teesdale and Weardale SMRT (rescue ambulance fit)
- Engine type
- Ford 2.2 L Duratorq TDCi turbo-diesel (Defender of 2014; not stated in the source)
- Production run
- 2
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Operated in
- United Kingdom
- Status
- in-service
Catalogue data
- Record kind
- Named model
- Model line
- Defender
- Wheels
- 4
- Nominal wheelbase
- 110″
Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.
Sources & citations
Researched sources
- Others > Mountain Rescue ↗ — UK Emergency Vehicles (accessed 2026-09-11)
Catalogue references
- https://www.ukemergency.co.uk/category/others/others-mountain-rescue/ https://www.ukemergency.co.uk/category/others/others-mountain-rescue/ ↗
Registry record updated 2026-09-11T14:21:30.229Z · status: researched