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R360
ONL is a Nissan Primera. It has a 2.0 litre engine and is used
as a quick response unit. Nissan used this car as a trial for new electronic equipment. A representative would come out periodically and remove the ash tray to reveal a data port. They would connect a laptop computer to download how many times and for how long each gear had been used for. It was
intended that the car would cover 100,000 miles in 18 months, which is near impossible as it started its life doing short patient transportation duties before it was converted to quick response! Incidentally, the electronic gear watching equipment made the car no different to drive to any other. |
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The side view of the Nissan test car. |
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A Chevrolet ambulance. The chassis has been adapted to cope with winding British roads instead of
the traditionally straight American ones. |
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P294
JNE is a Mercedes Sprinter based ambulance. |
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S59
JJR is a Ford Transit ambulance with a
larger back on it. You can see the bright livery from the front and note the odd place for the repeater blue lights which are normally mounted on the grille. |
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W706
PFT an ambulance service vehicle. It looks like any other metallic green Ford Focus, but place the rotating beacon on the roof, put the flashing light on the dashboard and turn the siren on and you have an emergency vehicle! The NEAS run many of these vehicles, all lease cars, which are replaced every three years. The dashboard-mounted and magnetic roof lights are used to avoid cutting holes in the car which the next owner may not appreciate. Hand-held radios are used to avoid aerial holes too.
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Here are 3 views of one of a fleet of a
Mercedes ambulance X286
BVN introduced in 2001. The rear view clearly shows the much increased space from previous models. |
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M775
KCU is a Renault 19, used by NEAS with its range of blue lights flashing. These vehicles were used prior to the arrival of the Focus above. |
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N638
GFA is Ford Escort dedicated to quick response calls. |
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We start with a West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service (WYMAS) VW Collet R231
DFC. West Yorks used to have the distinctive livery of a 'heartbeat' down the side of all their emergency vehicles. Notice the orange rotating beacon on the roof which means that it must be based near an airport. This will be used to comply with the
Civil Aviation Authority rule that all vehicles on airport taxiways must show an orange flashing light.
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Here is a picture donated by a viewer of vehicles from the British Red Cross County Durham and Teesside branch.
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A photograph of two Northumbria Ambulance Service (now part of NEAS) Honda Pan-European emergency paramedic motorbikes and a Landrover
Discovery J466
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Here is a photo of an ambulance built by Crestline Coach Ltd. of Saskatoon,
Canada.
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H945
UHH is a picture of a Ford Transit 'RA6' which belongs to the Red Cross.
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This model shows the colour scheme of London Ambulance Service vehicles.
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M455
NVP is a LDV ambulance photographed at York race course |
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Here we have a look through the rear window of a St. John
Land Rover Discovery ambulance J536
VAJ. Note the stretcher on the left, equipment stored on the right and radio in the front.
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H640
OPY is another St. John ambulance with a brighter livery! Inset: the front view. |
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K23
MRH is a Land Rover Discovery ambulance. One of its uses is towing trailers of equipment or exhibitions.
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S877
BUA is a Ford Escort ambulance car run by TENYAS. |
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An ambulance is quickly on the scene at a horse racing accident at York. The horse decided to go straight on at a corner, damaging the fencing and throwing the jockey to the ground. This photo was taken less than one minute after the fall, which was watched live on Channel 4 Racing and satellite's The Racing Channel on 16 June 2001.
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Later, the jockey is
transferred to another emergency ambulance which takes him to hospital. The first ambulance can then resume its role of following the horses as they race.
Here, the Mercedes Sprinter ambulance S772
VAT leaves the racecourse
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