Author: UK Emergency Vehicles

A Volvo XC70 4x4 ambulance car.

This Honda ambulance car is from East Midlands Ambulance Service and is used as a response manager's car.

This Mercedes-Benz Vario 814D truck has been converted to an control unit for the Scottish Ambulance Service. It has a pull-out canopy to the side and blue, amber and green & white checker flashing lights on the roof to denote it's control status.

This is an 2003 Ford Mondeo estate ambulance car demonstrator.

The rear view of a Renault ambulance in EU regulation ambulance yellow (Euro Yellow RAL 1016). The bodywork is by MacNellie.

This is a British-built Honda CR-V rapid response ambulance car. The rear view, showing the spare wheel cover and high-visibility markings of this East Midlands vehicle.

This is part of an exercise in responding to casualties in the aftermath of a 'dirty bomb' attack. Personnel in protective suits and masks wash wounded casualties and transfer them from the 'dirty' end of the inflatable hospital to the 'clean' end via a rolling platform. The casualty is transferred to a clean spinal board and further treatment takes place. The inflatable building takes minutes to set up anywhere and is illuminated from outside via the translucent roof. The walking wounded and other contaminated persons go through a series of showers that are run in parallel to this facility.

This is a Scottish Ambulance Service VW LT46 TDi with bodywork by UV Modular.

This silver Vauxhall Astra paramedic car by MacNellie is equipped with an integrated computer. A screen is integrated into the centre console and any packages can be run on it. This demonstrator used to be liveried as a Metropolitan Police car.

This Jumbulance (multi-purpose jumbo ambulance) is a huge 2003 Mercedes Benz 814D truck. It is liveried in luminous-yellow Isle of Wight colours and has bodywork by WAS. We have been infomed that this ambulance has been of the road due to an accident where a 4x4 driver hit it. He told the police that he could not see it coming around a roundabout!

This yellow unmarked MG ZTT 190 is a demonstrator from Premier Hazard. It has a 2.5 litre engine and clear lenses on it's blue flashing lights behind the grille and on the roof.

This is a another VW LT46 turbo diesel but with bodywork by Proline.

This Iveco Daily (with a WAS body) is deployed as a Surrey Ambulance Service Incident Support Unit. Notice the huge communications antenna and floodlights sprouting from the roof of this 4 cylinder, 146 bhp, 6-speed Iveco.

This is a silver Honda Stream estate ambulance car.

This 2003 Iveco Daily ambulance has Wilker bodywork and is liveried in Royal Berkshire colours.

A look in the back of a WAS version of the Daily shows how a long ramp allows easy access for a laden stretcher.

An odd sight to end this section with: the back of an ambulance. This is an example of MacNellie's bodywork with a small black skirt around the base rather than mounting it onto a chassis.

This is one of a number of Ford Focus estates that the North East Ambulance Service use for rapid response work.

The ambulance shown is a British Red Cross (Lancashire Branch) UVG Premia bodied Ford Transit 2.5 Diesel. The livery is a mixture of ex-Mersey Regional Ambulance checker stripes with a full yellow & red body stripe and rear red stripe added to meet Red Cross standards. The "RED LANCS ONE" markings are the vehicle's radio callsign as recognised by the local ambulance service.

This 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.

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!

This 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.

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.

This is a Land Rover 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.

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.

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.

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.

This 1996 Chevrolet ambulance is owned by Event Fire and Medical Services.

A silver Vauxhall Vectra ambulance car from Cambridgeshire Ambulance Service.

This picture is of a Ford Mondeo RRU at Coatbridge Ambulance Station, Scotland.

A RAF ambulance 6-wheeled Pinzgauer alongside a RAF 1990 Ford Transit ambulance. The Pinzgauer is a tried-and-tested 30-year-old design that allows access to rugged, slippery, boggy and steep areas with ease. A look now in the rear of the 6-wheel ambulance showing the equipment carried. A comparable look into the back of the Ford Transit ambulance.

This 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.

A St John Ambulance Renault Master First Aid Unit. This vehicle has now been decommissioned and sold.

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.

This is a Chevy 6.0 Litre Wheeled Coach Ambulance. The vehicle is an ex-West Country Ambulance Service vehicle and was based at Plymouth. Here it is owned by Norfolk Priority Care. The vehicle was used in several training videos for the Devon & Cornwall Fire Service and promotional material for the West Country Ambulance Service. This is the same vehicle 'naked' after it took three days to remove the original markings! It is a rare sight to see an unmarked ambulance.

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.

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.

A 2002 TENYAS Citroen Dispatch used for PTS.

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.

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.

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. This scheme will be manned by paramedics, EMTs and volunteers from the PTS.

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.

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.