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This is a yellow Sussex Ambulance Honda Pan-European rapid response motorbike.
D918 FHP is the Yorkshire Air Museum Ambulance Service’s first ambulance, based on the Elvington site. This vehicle has now been decomissioned as YAMAS has folded.
M403 RPY This TENYAS Ford Transit ambulance has a bad case of tin worm, but was still operational in 2003.
The rear view of this familiar-shaped vehicle. Close inspection of the writing on the sides shows that the word ‘Cleveland’ has been deleted from in front of ‘ambulance’, but not replaced by the new supertrust’s name, even though the merger happened in 1999!
F115 SWS is a Mercedes Benz Avon Ambulance Service Equipment Support Unit.
This is a re-liveried Fiat Ducatto from Advanced Medical Ambulance Service Limited.
The previous livery of the same vehicle.
This is a Volvo responder car from Advanced Medical Services for use at large events.
The rear view.
This is a Toyota Hi-Ace Power Van high dependency unit also owned by Advanced Medical Services. It is used for long distance patient transfers.
The rear view.
A215 MWY is a Landrover Series 3 being used by St John Ambulance in Sheffield. It was originally owned by WYMAS as a general runaround, recovery and back up communications unit. It was sold to SJA for £1.
YJ03 AUF This is a WAS-bodied Mercedes ambulance from TENYAS’s fleet. A large order of these vehicles was placed with WAS from a consortium of Northern-England ambulance services. They were delivered in 2003.
YD52 TWF The rear view of an identical 52-reg ambulance, with another in the background. TENYAS’s ambulances had problems when first delivered with a hydraulic lift they had fitted to the rear of the vehicle. It hung below the vehicle and caught on speed humps in trials.
W547 EAG This is a W-registration Ford Focus ambulance rapid response car from TENYAS.
W547 EAG This is a W-registration Ford Focus ambulance rapid response car from TENYAS.
N119 FVX This 1996 Chevrolet ambulance is owned by Event Fire and Medical Services.
W715 LWP A silver Vauxhall Vectra ambulance car from Cambridgeshire Ambulance Service.
The 2003 model Honda Pan European motorbike in paramedic colours.
SG52 UJF This picture is of a Ford Mondeo RRU at Coatbridge Ambulance Station, Scotland.
SF03 GXN is a Mercedes ambulance from the Scottish Ambulance Service’s Coatbridge ambulance station. Interestingly, Scotland is covered by one ambulance service, rather than having different services by county.
F954 EWX A St John Ambulance Renault Master First Aid Unit. This vehicle has now been decommissioned and sold.
P914 JKY A paramedic cycle alongside a Mercedes-Benz ambulance, with York Minster in the background.
A Volvo V90 ambulance owned and operated by a private ambulance company called Ambulance Direct (Yorkshire).
A Wiltshire Ambulance Service Range Rover, with faded livery. The front registration plate is obscured by the winch device.
The same vehicle is seen here pulling the major accident equipment trailer.
P354 SHP A silver Ford Mondeo ambulance car, owned by ‘First Choice Ambulance Service’.
The rear view of this 1996 Mondeo saloon. Private ambulance service vehicles differ in livery to their NHS counterparts and also have occasional personalisation that you would not get with a NHS vehicle. In this case, a nodding dog can be seen on the parcel shelf.
W661 PRB An Iveco East Midlands emergency ambulance.
The same ambulance being escorted by a TENYAS paramedic motorbike. The ambulance was going to be used to transfer a incubated baby but their condition deteriorated. A RAF Sea King helicopter was used instead.
WV02 LWS A 2002 TENYAS Citroen Dispatch used for PTS.
D918 FHP The first ever Yorkshire Air Museum Ambulance Service vehicle. Built from two ambulances, this Ford Transit will be used at large events at Elvington Airfield and the connected museum. It complements the Yorkshire Air Museum Fire Service.
V274 FOR A St John Ambulance Renault Crusader. This type of ambulance has been designed specifically for St John’s and will become the preferred ambulance nationwide.
The rear view.
YW02 KOD A Volvo V40 used by TENYAS. It is one of a fleet of these vehicles that is part of the ‘Yorlife’ scheme aimed at cutting ambulance response times, especially in rural areas.
The rear view. This scheme will be manned by paramedics, EMTs and volunteers from the PTS.
V216 GLD A green Ssang Yong Musso developed for St John Ambulance, Herefordshire. It is badged as a Daewoo and is one of three.
Another view of the car.
W197 XJX A TENYAS Fleet Support Unit. This W-reg Ford Transit was acquired second hand by the ambulance service and liveried up to depict a professional approach to the non-emergency side. Two cars are also used, which have lights and sirens fitted. They can be used for transporting medical equipment to major incidents.