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WA58 LDL This ambulance quad bike is marked as
"Quad Response" and is operated independently from Bodmin in
Cornwall. The bike is a road-legal Can-Am Outlander 650 Max. |
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M906 STF Event Fire Services operate this rescue
ambulance which is hired out for events. It is an imported Chevrolet Chevy
Van 20. |
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The rear view of the Chevrolet ambulance. |
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CX51 NKP This Land Rover Defender TD5 is used by the
workshops of the Welsh Ambulance Service. It is fitted with a blue and an
amber flashing light on the roof. |
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YJ59 OPC This is one of ten Land Rover
Discoveries that were new to the YAS area in late 2009. They are used for
rapid response duties and allow the possibility of attending calls in
inaccessible rural locations or in snow. |
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The rear view of the Discovery showing the smart livery
and thin roof-mounted light bar. |
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B10 HAA This Volvo V70 is owned by Heathrow Air
Ambulance, a private ambulance service. This car carries a standard
ambulance colour scheme and a personalised registration plate. |
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Here is an example of a BMW rapid response motorbike
posed by the lakeside. |
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W704 YER This is a yellow Volvo V90 ambulance
conversion. It was formerly with Wiltshire Ambulance Service based at
Trowbridge. It was one of six identical vehicles bought by Wiltshire and
similar vehicles were used in a small number of other services in the UK,
including Northumbria. It is now in private hands but kept operational. |
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X637 ABU This Vauxhall Omega is used by the
private ambulance service Medi-Response Services. The company specialises
in event cover and is based in Llandudno. |
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SY09 LGX This is a Nissan Pathfinder that is
used by the British Red Cross. Notice that the light bar has been attached
t the rear demountable bodywork. |
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The rear view of the emergency response unit. |
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NG05 CYW This photo shows a blue Ford Focus that
is decked out in ambulance colours. It is operated by County Durham EMS. |
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P999 MMS is a Ford Mondeo rapid response car
that is operated by Manchester Medical Services. |
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LK07 DOV This Mercedes-Benz Sprinter ambulance
is operated by London-based Special Ambulance Transfer Service as a high
dependency unit. |
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OY06
VZU BASICS Hampshire operate this Skoda Octavia VRS for
emergency response work in the county. The writing on the bonnet reads
"ambulance, doctor". |
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VX56
KLA London Ambulance Service operate this Iveco truck as
an equipment support unit. |
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The rear view of the same van. The beaver-tail lowers
and the shutters raise so trolleys of equipment can be wheeled off. |
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LD07
XWY This is an example of a Honda CRV used by the
British Red Cross in the London area. |
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P320
NLU Another of the Red Cross's vehicles is this Ford
Explorer with a 4-litre engine. It has ambulance-coloured checker markings
but is not fitted with a blue light bar. |
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In this scene two LAS vehicles have attended a road
accident on The Mall. Rapid response cars are often deployed at the same
time as ambulances to provide patients with the earliest possible
pre-hospital care. |
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Shown here is an all terrain vehicle (quad bike)
covered in yellow and green checker markings. Notice the matching helmet
and the blue light on a pole. The unit can provide medical cover at large
events and is operated by a private ambulance service. |
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This Land Rover Freelander is used by the Wings Medical
Group. Note the blue lights integrated into the vehicle's head light
units. |
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YJ09
KVT This is a ambulance responder Skoda Octavia
Scout pictured in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. |
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The rear view of the Octavia. 2009 was the first year
that this make of vehicle was used by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service. |
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This BMW is an ambulance car which is with the private
company Manchester Medical Services. |
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This Nissan X-Trail is used by a company called First
Aid Cover Ltd. They also operate motorbikes, cycles and ambulances from
their London base. |
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LJ54
GFU This is a Renault Master PTS ambulance with the
London Ambulance Service. It is decked out with a wide blue stripe down
the sides and a blue light bar on the roof. |
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AJ58
WBV is a British Red Cross emergency equipment unit,
parked next to an emergency response unit. |
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LR58
TPF This Red Cross Ford Transit Connect is used for
community training work. It is fitted with a blue light bar on the roof
for emergency response work. |
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This is a Mercedes Benz Atego Red Cross emergency
control unit. Notice the number of colours used for lighting on the roof:
blue, green, white and amber. |
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The Liskeard Division of St. John Ambulance in Cornwall
operate this Land Rover support unit towing a large first aid trailer. |
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SF55
HBO is a Renault Megane Scenic ambulance response car
that is operated by the Scottish Ambulance Service. |
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The rear view of the SAS Scenic. |
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AJ58
TKY is a Volvo XC70 that is used an an ambulance rapid
response car. Notice the clear LED light bar, and the repeater LEDs set
into the grille and on the front wings. |
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The rear view of the XC70. |
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BX58
XLW BX58
XKY Two Volvo V70s owned by Evolved Medical
in Bristol. They are used by paramedics to undertake rapid response work
on behalf of Great Western Ambulance Service. |
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SN08
KVU This white Ford Transit is used as a driver training
vehicle by the Scottish Ambulance Service. |
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AE54
HXW This
is a Santana PS10 2.8 turbo diesel,
operated by the Windle Valley Division of St. John in
Surrey
. Santanas are basically Land Rovers built under
licence in
Spain
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OIL
7884 is a Mercedes 412D Wilker Lunar Ambulance. It is
operated by St. John Ambulance's Bangor Division. It is used
as both a frontline emergency ambulance as well as for patient
transfers. |
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V381
GBU This is a Fiat Marea Weekend in blue that is used as
an ambulance car by Event Medical Solutions. It has the standard
ambulance-colour checker markings down the sides and a
magnetically-mounted double blue light on the roof. |
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The rear view of the Marea Weekend. |
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AY58
EFK This is a St. John Ambulance Treatment Centre. It is
often deployed where large numbers of people gather, to reduce the
pressure on local accident and emergency departments. It is converted from
a long wheelbase Citroen Relay truck. |
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LR58
TPF This Ford Transit Connect is used by the British Red
Cross for emergency support work. It has a full-width led light bar on the
roof and two small rear-ward facing flashing leds mounted above the rear
doors. |
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T5
XPC is a privately owned ambulance car. Notice that four
flashing leds have been fitted behind the grille in addition to the other
blue lights. |