Venus is the rescue tender of the Pontypandy Fire Station.
Description[]
Driven mainly by Penny Morris, Venus the yellow rescue tender is always available to assist the team. No job is too large or too small. Carrying all the specialist gear the team could possibly need, Venus is an invaluable addition to the team. According to Ellie Phillips in Heroes of the Storm there is enough room in the back to fit Hannah's wheelchair.
Episodes Sam drove Venus[]
- The New Hero Next Door
- Dinosaur Hunt
- The Wrong Smell
- Elvis in Concert
- Floodlights
- Up, Up and Away
- The Treasure Trap
- Sam's Birthday
- Pizza Pandemonium
- Fox on the Run
- The Break-Up
- Float Your Boat
- Dog Day Disaster
- The Treasure of Pontypandy Pete
- Big Top Norman
- Alien Alert
- Norman Price and the Mystery in the Sky
- The Hunt for the Lesser Spotted Wader
- Go Team Wildman
Episodes Station Officer Steele drove Venus[]
- Elvis Sings the Blues
- Heap of Trouble
- The Great Fire of Pontypandy
- Bronwyn's Millionth Customer
- Record Breakers
- Bus Trouble
- Pizza in the Park
Episodes Elvis drove Venus[]
- Towering Inferno
- Lily Lost and Found
- Wild Cheese Chase
- Stage Fright
- Heroes of the Storm
- Runaway Horse
- Dog Day Disaster
- Froggy Fantasy
- Paddle On
- Cadet Catastrophe
- The Hunt for the Lesser Spotted Wader
Episodes Ellie drove Venus[]
- Heroes of the Storm
- Alien Alert
- Monster Mania
- Wrong Turn Dilys
- Night of the Norman
- Blast from the Past
- James and the Giant Pumpkin
- Pizza in the Park
Episodes Arnold drove Venus[]
Sound Effects[]
Siren (Series 5) Siren (Series 6-present)
Trivia[]
- Like Penny, Venus debuted in the same episode, Dilys's Forgetful Day.
- Venus is parked in the first bay of the New Fire Station.
- Trevor Evans, Chief Fire Officer Boyce and Jerry Lee have yet to drive Venus.
- Venus has many modifications throughout the series. These include:
- Original Series (Series 1- 4)
- Venus was based on a Range Rover Carmichael Commando.
- Venus had the registration plate number V 666, like Jupiter and Trevor's Bus.
- Venus was an Emergency Rescue Tender, which had equipment for Road Traffic Accidents and domestic floodings, but no firefighting capabilities.
- Series 5 - 12
- Venus, as its front cab is based on a 2002 Jeep liberty bearing the front end of the 2001 Mini Cooper R50, sporting the same 6x6 arrangement it had since the original.
- But for unknown reason, the registration has been absent since Series 5.
- Venus is now a water carrier with a mounted cannon and three main hose outlets, there is also a small storage compartment for a hose and other rescue equipment.
- From Series 6 onwards, the rest of the team has started driving Venus as well.
- Venus can shoot water out of a mounted water cannon.
- Venus has 4 wheel drive offroad capability.
- In series 10 it gained a Mobile Data Terminal (MDT) which has an inbuilt Mapscreen system and various information regarding incidents.
- The siren in Series 5 was a Whelen Alpha type wail siren akin to Jupiter from Series 1-3, but in Series 6 the siren was replaced with a yelp siren.
- Norman Price and the Mystery in the Sky - present
- Renamed Venus 2 (Temporally renamed as the "Sam Mobile").
- Red and yellow switch places on its livery.
- New external foam tanks and cannons.
- A new launch pad for Saturn
- New Spotlamps.
- New longer automatic winch hook operated by the updated Mobile Data Terminal.
- Changeable tyres.
- The Fire & Rescue Team logo is flipped