Well i didn't know a thing about USAR until this (or Lincolnshire's) came flying up behind us, all lit up, in the outside lane of the A47 around Norwich.
Image courtesy of Skippy's 999 photostream more that here http://www.flickr.com/photos/30131135@N04/
I asked my Police friend about this and apparently USAR were introduced a few of years ago to provide rapid response to "Major Disasters"...so effectively the UK DOES have a Katastrophenschutz/THW combined force.
Link to Lincolnshire USAR http://usar-lincolnshire.org/default.aspx
Norfolk USAR http://www.norfolkfireservice.gov.uk/Eq ... icles.html Some nice vehicles here....
More USAR pics on the UK USAR photogroup on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/groups/1411314@N2 ... 829772079/