Nith Inshore Rescue, based near Dumfries and one of the busiest lifeboat stations in Scotland, has selected an Ineos Grenadier as its new search and rescue vehicle. The Grenadier is replacing the charity's aged Land Rover Defender.

The rescue organisation's volunteers aim to protect life and property under threat from the sea, inland water, flooding and other water related incidents in the Upper Solway and surrounding area. The charity deploys its lifeboat, search and rescue vehicle and other equipment when called upon by the HM Coastguard Rescue Co-ordination Centre.

The move is said to make the Grenadier the first blue-light emergency response Grenadier in the U.K., and was unveiled alongside the search and rescue service's fully refurbished St. John lifeboat.

The vehicle has been equipped with kit specified by the rescue team that includes a powerful extendable roof-mounted camera, named Jonny Five after the robot character in the film Short Circuit, which makes use of the Grenadier's 'plug-and-play' wiring set-up to get its power supply.