Venus

Venus is the rescue tender of the Pontypandy Fire Station.

Description
Driven mainly by Penny Morris, Venus the red 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.

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

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

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

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

Episodes Arnold drove Venus

 * Heroes of the Storm
 * Day Of The Penguin

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.
 * Chief Fire Officer Boyce and Jerry Lee have yet to drive Venus.
 * Venus has many modifications throughout the series. These include:
 * Original Series
 * 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
 * Venus is based on a 2001 Mini Cooper R50, sporting the 6x6 arrangement.
 * But for unknown reason, the registration has been absent since Series 5.
 * Venus is now a water carrier with a mounted cannon and 3 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
 * Heroes of the Storm
 * The equipment in Venus consisted of a new modern looking hose.