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S468
LJB is a Fiat Patient Transportation ambulance. Note the liveries but no lights or sirens. |
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This is a Landrover British Red Cross ambulance. It is situated on a river bank, overseeing a boat race where treatment may be required promptly in an emergency. |
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T581
KAG A Volkswagen Collet Emergency Ambulance.
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H547
YAT is a Ford Transit Training Ambulance. |
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G758
BAC The pictures
of a St. John Range Rover were taken in York.
This vehicle is in Ambulances 2 with an older livery. |
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L199
LUM Below are a few shots of a North Yorkshire Ambulance Trust Command Unit, used to organise and take charge at major
incidents |
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Observe the bright day-glo and luminous rear, the checker markings on the side and also on the blue light bar (to indicate its command status) and the telescopic light which rises to at least twice the height of the vehicle, again so it can be quickly located amongst many other vehicles at an incident. |
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Here it is again a couple of months later as a command unit at York (horse) racecourse: |
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S745
RKU is an ambulance from the West Yorkshire Fleet. Notice the difference in paint
scheme on the side: |
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This is a rather dirty Ford
Mondeo, used by Harrogate Health Care. It has a blue light on the roof. |
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K996
YJW is an taxi chassis based ambulance. It is used for patient transportation. |
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This old Ford Transit was used as a command or support unit for major incidents. The green and white checkers indicate it's command status. |
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The front view of a paramedic motorbike, for speedy responses (but not transporting patients!). |
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Another speedy response could be made by this Peugeot ambulance car. This will be used to transport staff etc. but is equipped with lights and siren for emergency use. |
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G155
JWX is a St. John ambulance Ford Transit |
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G758
BAC
a faded St. John Range Rover. |
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G460
UTN
This is a Renault St. John ambulance, used as a command vehicle at Sunderland Air Show. |
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Below is a Renault Espace people carrier used by St. John as a smaller ambulance. It can carry a patient, but not comfortably. It is normally used for treating patients before
the emergency ambulance arrives. |
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This is a Talbot ambulance from Ripon,
North Yorkshire. |
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This is a Ford transit ambulance, this time used by a private company for supporting a trials bike event around Keilder Reservoir, Northumberland. |
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A Ford Transit emergency ambulance responding to a call
out in County Durham. |
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These Army Landrover ambulances were spotted at a hospital and Military Base in Yorkshire. They are equally at home on the roads of the UK or in a battle field anywhere in the world. The oversize red cross on the side is supposed to tell the enemy not to bomb them as they are carrying out humanitarian work. |
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In the ever busy city streets of the UK, this Paramedic motorbike can speed through traffic far easier than a road ambulance could. It means faster responses to serious incidents, and better access for the road ambulance as this can radio in the exact location of the patient. Note the map just in front of the seat.
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R927
WPU is a
North East Ambulance Trust an American-style ambulance. This is one of the smaller ones, with the front based on a large car. |
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T584
KAG
This is a small Volkswagen-Collet ambulance. You can see the bright markings to make it stand
out in the more rural areas of Yorkshire. |
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The range of equipment it
carries. |
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Saint John Ambulance Service is prolonging the life of an ex-service Ford Transit ambulance
C300
YWY
by using it for recruitment purposes. |
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L182
FPY
is a Mercedes ambulance at St. John's Chapel, Weardale, Co. Durham. |
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K990
NDM
is a British Red Cross Land Rover 130 ambulance. |
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Here is a Quick Response Unit ambulance. Based at Kitty Brewster Industrial Estate, Blyth, with the North East Air Ambulance. There is no hospital there, just the helipad and hanger. |
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