Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Defender Fell 1

History

Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association, based at Grassington, covers the Yorkshire Dales fells and caves around Wharfedale and runs two Defender 110 mountain rescue ambulances, Fell 1 (PO59 ODU, a 2009-registered Puma Defender) and Fell 2 (YJ64 BRF), photographed together by ukemergency.co.uk in January 2021. Fell 1 is an orange utility wagon — front and rear passenger doors with windows but the rear side windows panelled over in white — with a white roof, MOUNTAIN RESCUE AMBULANCE in blue on the white rear quarters and mirrored on the bonnet, FELL 1 and the Mountain Rescue cross on the rear doors, two rows of red and white chequer along the lower body, a black grille with blue LED strobes, a winch bumper with the winch under a cover, a snorkel on the left A-pillar, and a full-length roof rack with a blue light bar carrying a stretcher and rescue kit; it rides on white steel wheels.

The registry's model reproduces Fell 1 with the panelled rear quarters, chequer and lettering, grille strobes and light bar, winch, snorkel and rack; in the game the roof kit drops as cargo and it carries the blue-light boost and winch pickups.

Imagery

Registry record

Manufacturer

Land Rover (Defender 110 utility wagon)

Manufactured

PO59 registration

Modifier / coachbuilder

UWFRA / specialist converter (mountain rescue ambulance fit)

Engine type

Ford 2.4 L Puma TDCi turbo-diesel (Defender of 2009; 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

• PO59 ODU Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association Land Rover Defender ↗ — UK Emergency Vehicles (accessed 2026-09-11)
• YJ64 BRF Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association Land Rover Defender ↗ — UK Emergency Vehicles (accessed 2026-09-11)
• Others > Mountain Rescue ↗ — UK Emergency Vehicles (accessed 2026-09-11)

Catalogue references

• https://www.ukemergency.co.uk/po59-odu-upper-wharfedale-fell-rescue-association-land-rover-defender/ https://www.ukemergency.co.uk/po59-odu-upper-wharfedale-fell-rescue-association-land-rover-defender/ ↗